Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
species

Arytropteris pondo Rentz, 1988

Pondo Flat-necked Shieldback
CollectionObject 1526959; aa1d8ac1-720f-404c-99c9-b22f62d0cea4: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1526959; aa1d8ac1-720f-404c-99c9-b22f62d0cea4: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567545; c4d120ba-eadd-48c8-8906-8dc63b0f4234: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567545; c4d120ba-eadd-48c8-8906-8dc63b0f4234: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567545; c4d120ba-eadd-48c8-8906-8dc63b0f4234: stridulatory file on left tegmen (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1567545; c4d120ba-eadd-48c8-8906-8dc63b0f4234: left tegmen, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Arytropteris pondo Rentz, 1988: 238.

    Holotype; male; aa1d8ac1-720f-404c-99c9-b22f62d0cea4; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); South Africa: Eastern Cape: Port St. John, Mt. Thesiger

References (1)

  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1001