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Metaballus sagaeformis Herman, 1874

marauding shield backed katydid; Adelaide Marauding Katydid
CollectionObject 1532052; 166456d0-5cac-48ff-9f5a-373543df2fa6: female, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532052; 166456d0-5cac-48ff-9f5a-373543df2fa6: female, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532052; 166456d0-5cac-48ff-9f5a-373543df2fa6: female, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532052; 166456d0-5cac-48ff-9f5a-373543df2fa6: female, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532052; 166456d0-5cac-48ff-9f5a-373543df2fa6: female, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532052; 166456d0-5cac-48ff-9f5a-373543df2fa6: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575348; bd258cf8-69dd-4252-8be2-d03d1bb9f2a3: male, lateral view (not a type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575348; bd258cf8-69dd-4252-8be2-d03d1bb9f2a3: male, dorsal view (not a type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575348; bd258cf8-69dd-4252-8be2-d03d1bb9f2a3: labels (not a type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575349; dfba94db-0ad9-4f94-8831-775664827ed9: male, lateral view (not a type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575349; dfba94db-0ad9-4f94-8831-775664827ed9: male, dorsal view (not a type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575349; dfba94db-0ad9-4f94-8831-775664827ed9: male, dorsal view (not a type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575349; dfba94db-0ad9-4f94-8831-775664827ed9: male, ventral view (not a type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575349; dfba94db-0ad9-4f94-8831-775664827ed9: labels (not a type). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Metaballus sagaeformis Herman, 1874: 202.
  • Metaballus sagaeformis Herman, 1874 in Kirby, 1906: 190.
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  • Metaballus sagaeformis Herman, 1874 in Rentz, 1996: 79 Pl.61.
  • Metaballus sagaeformis Herman, 1874 in Rentz, 2010: 121.

References (7)

  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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
  • 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. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) 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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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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