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Zuludectes modestus (Péringuey, 1916)

Zulu Shieldback
Zuludectes modestus (Péringuey, 1916): male (South Africa, Songimvelo Game Reserve). (Otu).
Zuludectes modestus (Péringuey, 1916): male (South Africa, Songimvelo Game Reserve). (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Arytropteris modesta Péringuey, 1916: 442.
  • Thoracistus modestus (Péringuey, 1916) in Uvarov, 1928: 344.
  • Thoracistus modestus (Péringuey, 1916) in Chopard, 1955: 277.
  • Zuludectes modestus (Péringuey, 1916) in Rentz, 1988: 242.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.
  • 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: modest.

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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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