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Species

Aglaothorax segnis Rehn & Hebard, 1920

Sluggish Shieldback
CollectionObject 1522386; d25ef8fc-d0da-4a7f-8be3-5fc9bae4c75e: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522386; d25ef8fc-d0da-4a7f-8be3-5fc9bae4c75e: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522386; d25ef8fc-d0da-4a7f-8be3-5fc9bae4c75e: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Aglaothorax ovatus segnis Rehn & Hebard, 1920: 225.

    Holotype; male; d25ef8fc-d0da-4a7f-8be3-5fc9bae4c75e; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Nevada: Lincoln: Crestline

  • Aglaothorax segnis Rehn & Hebard, 1920 in Tinkham, 1944: 291.
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  • Aglaothorax segnis Rehn & Hebard, 1920 in Otte, 1997: 263.
  • Aglaothorax segnis Rehn & Hebard, 1920 in Cole, Weissman, Lightfoot, Ueshima & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2025: 28.

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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  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1920) Descriptions of new genera and species of North American Decticinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 46(3), 225–265. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4256_003#page/9/mode/1up
  • 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
  • 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:

Latin for slow and sluggish.

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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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