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Austrodectes monticolus Rentz, 1985

australian shield-back; Alpine katydid
Austrodectes monticolus Rentz, 1985: female (paratype). (Otu).
Austrodectes monticolus Rentz, 1985: female (paratype). (Otu).
Austrodectes monticolus Rentz, 1985: female (Australia, NSW, Kosciuszko Nat. Park) (not a type). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1504141; 799df5be-c32d-40ea-8593-f6379473d49c: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504141; 799df5be-c32d-40ea-8593-f6379473d49c: male pronotum and wings (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504141; 799df5be-c32d-40ea-8593-f6379473d49c: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Austrodectes monticolus Rentz, 1985: 300.

    Holotype; male; 799df5be-c32d-40ea-8593-f6379473d49c; deposited at: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia (ANIC); Australia: Australian Capital Territory: Mount Gingera

  • Austrodectes monticolus Rentz, 1985 in Rentz, 1996: 81,Pl.4.
  • Austrodectes monticolus Rentz, 1985 in Rentz, 2010: 136.

References (3)

  • 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

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