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Antaxius (Antaxius) difformis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861)

L'Antaxie disgracieuse; Alpine Bergschrecke; Eastern Mountain Bush-cricket
Antaxius (Antaxius) difformis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861): Pl. 13, Fig. 13. female (body length 20 mm, pronotum 5 mm, ovipositor 11.5 mm: A habitus, B head, C head and pronotum dorsal, D pronotum lateral, E abdomen tip ventral. (Otu).
Antaxius (Antaxius) difformis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861): Pl. 13, Fig. 13. female (body length 20 mm, pronotum 5 mm, ovipositor 11.5 mm: A habitus, B head, C head and pronotum dorsal, D pronotum lateral, E abdomen tip ventral. (Otu).

Nomenclature (32)

  • Thamnotrizon difformis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861: 298.

    Syntype; 7966ffa5-2af3-4303-a2d2-85630920111e; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Slovenia: Gorenjska: Carniola [Krain]

  • Pterolepis brunneri Krauss, 1873: 20.

    Syntype; acf4703f-70dc-4886-a6f1-1bc8abed2456; Austria: Tirol: Tyrol

  • Antaxius (Hoelzeliana) difformis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861) in Baroni, Poggi, Savoldelli & Sindaco, 2018: 435.
  • Antaxius difformis (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1861) in Brizio, Buzzetti & Pavan, 2020: 452.

References (24)

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  • Krauss, H.A. (1873) Beitrag zur Orthopteren-Fauna Tirols mit Beschreibung einer neuen Pterolepis. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 23, pp. 170. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/VZBG_23_0017-0024.pdf
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  • Brizio, C., Buzzetti, F.M. & Pavan, G. (2020) Beyond the audible: wide band (0-125 kHz) field investigation on Italian Orthoptera (Insecta) songs. Biodiversity Journal, 11(2), 443–496.

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