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Species

Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981)

Northern Channel Islands Shieldback
Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): labels (paratype?). (Otu).
Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): labels (paratype?). (Otu).
Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male pronotum, dorsal view (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male cerci (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): female, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax santacruzae (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) now Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax santacruzae (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) now Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male pronotum, dorsal view (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax santacruzae (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) now Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): male cerci (paratype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax santacruzae (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) now Aglaothorax islandicus (Rentz & Weissman, 1981): female, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1527073; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527073; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527073; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527073; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527073; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527073; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527073; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6: male tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527073; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527074; e5d5155d-6080-4b7e-ad1a-b0094f1ea60c: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527074; e5d5155d-6080-4b7e-ad1a-b0094f1ea60c: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527074; e5d5155d-6080-4b7e-ad1a-b0094f1ea60c: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527074; e5d5155d-6080-4b7e-ad1a-b0094f1ea60c: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527074; e5d5155d-6080-4b7e-ad1a-b0094f1ea60c: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527074; e5d5155d-6080-4b7e-ad1a-b0094f1ea60c: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1527074; e5d5155d-6080-4b7e-ad1a-b0094f1ea60c: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) morsei islandica Rentz & Weissman, 1981: 101.

    Holotype; male; bd2cbf69-5d1d-4b25-b967-d3b4885ec1f6; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Ventura: West Anacapa Is, Frenchy's Cove

  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) morsei santacruzae Rentz & Weissman, 1981: 103.

    Holotype; male; e5d5155d-6080-4b7e-ad1a-b0094f1ea60c; deposited at: California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California (CASC); United States: California: Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz Is., University of California Research Station

  • ... Show all ... (2)
  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) morsei santacruzae Rentz & Weissman, 1981 (subjective synonym of Neduba (Aglaothorax) morsei islandica Rentz & Weissman, 1981) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 52.
  • Aglaothorax islandica (Rentz & Weissman, 1981) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 52.

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 https://orthsoc.org/sina/i00lrw81.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to type locality West Anacapa Island.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045