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Thoracistus thyraeus Rentz, 1988

Inflated Seedpod Shieldback
Thoracistus thyraeus Rentz, 1988: 2014. male (Kwa Zulu Natal, Karkloof, swamp). (Otu).
Thoracistus thyraeus Rentz, 1988: 2014. male (Kwa Zulu Natal, Karkloof, swamp). (Otu).
Thoracistus thyraeus Rentz, 1988: 2014. male (Kwa Zulu Natal, Karkloof, swamp). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1565806; 841fb111-1868-41d8-8e6c-846b7342d645: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565806; 841fb111-1868-41d8-8e6c-846b7342d645: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565806; 841fb111-1868-41d8-8e6c-846b7342d645: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565807; 6fd25014-85cf-41e5-977d-ad1ac3b3d004: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Thoracistus thyraeus Rentz, 1988: 267.

    Holotype; male; 37dbcf53-7552-45b7-bfe5-a38d96a47a10; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); KwaZulu-Natal

  • Thoracistus thyraeus Rentz, 1988 in van der Mesch, Pryke, Gaigher & Samways, 2021

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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.
  • van der Mesch, A., Pryke, J.S., Gaigher, R. & Samways, M.J. (2021) Sympatric bush cricket species co-exist across a complex landscape by optimising both acoustic and ecological space. Bioacoustics.

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