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Aglaothorax diminutivus (Rentz & Birchim, 1968)

Diminutive Shieldback
CollectionObject 1522387; 2f7d5eb4-953d-4ba3-9a51-2e641085f207: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522387; 2f7d5eb4-953d-4ba3-9a51-2e641085f207: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522387; 2f7d5eb4-953d-4ba3-9a51-2e641085f207: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522387; 2f7d5eb4-953d-4ba3-9a51-2e641085f207: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) diminutiva Rentz & Birchim, 1968: 63.

    Holotype; male; 2f7d5eb4-953d-4ba3-9a51-2e641085f207; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: California: Contra Costa: Mount Diablo

  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) diminutiva Rentz & Birchim, 1968 in Ueshima & Rentz, 1979: 702.
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  • Aglaothorax diminutiva (Rentz & Birchim, 1968) in Warchalowska-Sliwa, 1998: 164.
  • Aglaothorax diminutiva (Rentz & Birchim, 1968) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 71.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Cole, J.A., Weissman, D.B., Lightfoot, D.C., Ueshima, N. & Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (2025) A revision of the shield-backed katydid genus Aglaothorax (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tettigoniinae: Nedubini). Zootaxa, 5667(1), 1–104. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5667.1.1
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
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  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Birchim, J.D. (1968) Revisionary studies in the Nearctic Decticinae. Memoirs of the Pacific Coast Entomological Society, 3, 1–173. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s104lrb68.pdf
  • Ueshima, N. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1979) Chromosome systems in the North American Decticinae with reference to Robertsonian changes (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Cytologia, 44(3), 693–714. Available at http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/cytologia1929/44/3/44_3_693/_pdf/-char/ja
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named for the diminutive size and secretive habits.

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