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genus

Metaballus Herman, 1874

Marauding Katydids

Type

Metaballus sagaeformis Herman, 1874 type species by original monotypy of Metaballus Herman, 1874

Nomenclature (9)

  • Metaballus Herman, 1874: 197, 202.

    type species by original monotypy Metaballus sagaeformis Herman, 1874

  • Metaballus Herman, 1874 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893: 186.
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  • Metaballus Herman, 1874 in Otte, 1997: 262.
  • Metaballus Herman, 1874 in Rentz, 2010: 118.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
  • 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
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  • Gwynne, D.T. (1985) Role-reversal in katydids: Habitat influences reproductive behaviour (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Metaballus sp.). Behav. Ecology & Sociobiology, 16, 355–361.
  • Herman, O. (1874) Die Decticiden der Brunner von Wattenwyl'schen Sammlung. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 24, 191–210, Taf. III-VI. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95525#page/291/mode/1up
  • 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. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1985) The Tettigoniinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 1, i-ix, 1–384.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) In A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC

Descendants and synonyms

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