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Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988

Green-kneed Seedpod Shieldback

Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: female, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: male, dorsal view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: labels (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: male left tegmen, ventral view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: male left tegmen, dorsal view (paratype). (Otu).
Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: labels (paratype). (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 70d8fea8-4b03-437b-86f2-754048e7be22; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); South Africa: Limpopo

Nomenclature (1)

  • Thoracistus viridicrus Rentz, 1988: 265.

    Holotype; male; 70d8fea8-4b03-437b-86f2-754048e7be22; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); South Africa: Limpopo

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. Endemic to savanna (bushveld biome) of Limpopo Province.

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