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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Arytropteris basalis (Walker, 1869)

Flat-necked Shieldback
CollectionObject 1517110; e3c8f0a0-ab7e-4275-bb81-27ebd5f7c0c4: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517110; e3c8f0a0-ab7e-4275-bb81-27ebd5f7c0c4: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517110; e3c8f0a0-ab7e-4275-bb81-27ebd5f7c0c4: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Thyreonotus basalis Walker, 1869: 247. (valid)
  • Arytropteris angulosa Herman, 1874: 204.
  • Arytropteris angulosa Herman, 1874 (subjective synonym of Thyreonotus basalis Walker, 1869) in Rentz, 1988: 235.
  • Arytropteris basalis (Walker, 1869) in Rentz, 1988: 235.

References (10)

  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • Caudell, A.N. (1908) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Decticinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 72, 1–43 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105244#page/339/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Mecopodinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 171, 1–32, pls 1–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105422#page/57/mode/1up
  • Herman, O. (1874) Die Decticiden der Brunner von Wattenwyl'schen Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 24, 191–210, Taf. III-VI. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95525#page/291/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1902) Description of a new grasshopper from Natal (Pomatonota bipunctata Kirb.). The Entomologist, 35, 22–23. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42382#page/36/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1988) The shield-backed katydids of Southern Africa: their taxonomy, ecology and relationships to the faunas of Australia and S. America (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 2(2), 223–335.
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1924) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum, 3. Some less known or new genera and species of subfamilies Tettigoniidae and Decticinae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 71(3-4), 492–537.
  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for basal.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034