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Aglaothorax ovatus (Scudder, 1899)

Ovate Shieldback
Aglaothorax longicauda (Rentz & Birchim, 1968): female, lateral view (allotype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax longicauda (Rentz & Birchim, 1968): female, lateral view (allotype). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1522383; 0dfe5729-b297-4570-a6fe-4b1962dcb2b4: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522383; 0dfe5729-b297-4570-a6fe-4b1962dcb2b4: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522384; e127a5dd-0697-4800-b337-ac49e6198497: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522384; e127a5dd-0697-4800-b337-ac49e6198497: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Tropizaspis ovata Scudder, 1899: 84.

    Holotype; male; e127a5dd-0697-4800-b337-ac49e6198497; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States

  • Tropizaspis ovata Scudder, 1899 in Kirby, 1906: 191.
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  • Neduba (Aglaothorax) ovata longicauda Rentz & Birchim, 1968 (subjective synonym of Tropizaspis ovata Scudder, 1899) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 19.
  • Aglaothorax ovatus (Scudder, 1899) in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 19.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Capinera, J.L., Scott, R.D. & Walker, T.J. (2004) In Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States. Cornell University Press, Ithaca. 249 pp.
  • Caudell, A.N. (1907) The Decticinae (a group of Orthoptera) of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 32, 285–410. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53434#page/363/mode/1up
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  • Caudell, A.N. (1908) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Decticinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 72, 1–43 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105244#page/339/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • 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. & 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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1899) Two genera of North American Decticinae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 35(5), 83–93. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23972#page/99/mode/1up
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1944) Biological, taxonomic and faunistic studies on the shield-backed katydids of the North American deserts. The American Midland Naturalist, 31(2), 257–328. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s104lt44.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Alluding to the ovate pronotum.

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