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Thoracistus semeniphagus Rentz, 1988

Seedpod Shieldback

Thoracistus semeniphagus Rentz, 1988: male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus semeniphagus Rentz, 1988: male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus semeniphagus Rentz, 1988: male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus semeniphagus Rentz, 1988: male, dorsal view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus semeniphagus Rentz, 1988: labels (paratype). (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; ca9f830f-93c7-42ef-a121-2237acd399a1; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: 20 km NE of Kokstad, Kokstad-Harding Road

Nomenclature (1)

  • Thoracistus semeniphagus Rentz, 1988: 263.

    Holotype; male; ca9f830f-93c7-42ef-a121-2237acd399a1; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: 20 km NE of Kokstad, Kokstad-Harding Road

Nomenclature 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.
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Type material

Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Grassy hillsides.

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