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Namaquadectes irroratus (Péringuey, 1916)

Cederberg Shieldback

Nomenclature (3)

  • Arytropteris irrorata Péringuey, 1916: 441.

    Holotype; female; 312256e8-9234-4084-a4af-e05b954bf58f; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); South Africa: Western Cape: Clanwilliam

  • Anarytropteris irrorata (Péringuey, 1916) in Uvarov, 1928: 343.
  • Namaquadectes irroratus (Péringuey, 1916) in Rentz, 1988: 251.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Louis Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • 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.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1928) Notes on the types of Othoptera described by Dr. L. Peringuey. Annals of the South African Museum, 25(2), 341–357. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126046#page/421/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: sprinkled.

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