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Aglaothorax costalis (Rentz & Weissman, 1981)

Coastal Shieldback
Aglaothorax costalis (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): calling song TOPOTYPE USA.CA: Ventura Co. 24.9ºC JCR05MU04-1. (Otu).
Aglaothorax costalis (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): calling song TOPOTYPE USA.CA: Ventura Co. 24.9ºC JCR05MU04-1. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1527071; 4f6cccab-64ff-428d-bc74-33336ed7d398: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527071; 4f6cccab-64ff-428d-bc74-33336ed7d398: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527071; 4f6cccab-64ff-428d-bc74-33336ed7d398: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527071; 4f6cccab-64ff-428d-bc74-33336ed7d398: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527071; 4f6cccab-64ff-428d-bc74-33336ed7d398: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527071; 4f6cccab-64ff-428d-bc74-33336ed7d398: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527071; 4f6cccab-64ff-428d-bc74-33336ed7d398: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527072; c410ebd4-65bd-40ba-bb2b-d30e9155575d: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527072; c410ebd4-65bd-40ba-bb2b-d30e9155575d: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527072; c410ebd4-65bd-40ba-bb2b-d30e9155575d: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527072; c410ebd4-65bd-40ba-bb2b-d30e9155575d: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527072; c410ebd4-65bd-40ba-bb2b-d30e9155575d: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527072; c410ebd4-65bd-40ba-bb2b-d30e9155575d: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527075; 1a9db05d-ae48-4ec7-ab8d-bc7d586b1e00: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527075; 1a9db05d-ae48-4ec7-ab8d-bc7d586b1e00: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527075; 1a9db05d-ae48-4ec7-ab8d-bc7d586b1e00: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527075; 1a9db05d-ae48-4ec7-ab8d-bc7d586b1e00: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527075; 1a9db05d-ae48-4ec7-ab8d-bc7d586b1e00: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527075; 1a9db05d-ae48-4ec7-ab8d-bc7d586b1e00: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527075; 1a9db05d-ae48-4ec7-ab8d-bc7d586b1e00: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527075; 1a9db05d-ae48-4ec7-ab8d-bc7d586b1e00: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) morsei costalis Rentz & Weissman, 1981: 99.

    Holotype; male; 4f6cccab-64ff-428d-bc74-33336ed7d398; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); United States: California: Ventura: Point Mugu State Park

  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) morsei curtatus Rentz & Weissman, 1981: 100.

    Holotype; male; c410ebd4-65bd-40ba-bb2b-d30e9155575d; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences (CASC); United States: California: Los Angeles: Santa Monica Mnts, Hwy 23S and Mulholland Hwy

  • ... Show all ... (5)
  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) morsei tectinota Rentz & Weissman, 1981 (subjective synonym of Neduba (Aglaothorax) morsei costalis Rentz & Weissman, 1981) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 43.
  • Aglaothorax costalis (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 43.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Weissman, D.B. (1981) Faunal affinities, systematics, and bionomics of the Orthoptera of the California Channel Islands. University of California Publications in Entomology, 94, vii-xiii, 1–240. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Il5R-U1xif4C

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The name refers to the coastal distribution.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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