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Aglaothorax tinkhamorum Rentz & Birchim, 1968

Tinkham’s Shieldback
Aglaothorax tinkhamorum Rentz & Birchim, 1968: female (allotype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax tinkhamorum Rentz & Birchim, 1968: female (allotype). (Otu).
Aglaothorax tinkhamorum Rentz & Birchim, 1968: calling song TOPOTYPE USA. CA: Riverside Co. 25.0ºC JCR8PF7. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1522385; 9e65187a-257a-42a7-b128-474065e24b03: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522385; 9e65187a-257a-42a7-b128-474065e24b03: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522385; 9e65187a-257a-42a7-b128-474065e24b03: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Aglaothorax ovatus tinkhamorum Rentz & Birchim, 1968: 81.

    Holotype; male; 9e65187a-257a-42a7-b128-474065e24b03; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: California: Riverside: Santa Rosa mountains, on CA highway 74

  • Aglaothorax ovatus tinkhamorum Rentz & Birchim, 1968 in Otte, 1997: 262.
  • Aglaothorax tinkhamorum Rentz & Birchim, 1968 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 25.

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. & 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named in honor of the authors' friends Dr. Ernest R. and Mrs. Marion B. Tinkham of India, California, who have spent the greater part of their lives becoming familiar with the flora and fauna of the desert and contributing valuable scientific articles of their investigations. Most of the specimens used in the study of Aglaothorax were collect by Dr. Tinkham.

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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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