species

Decticita brevicauda (Caudell, 1907)

Eremopedes brevicauda Caudell, 1907: 336.
Holotype; female; c4be136b-107f-454f-bc72-ad1abdcdb258; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); United States
Eremopedes brevicauda Caudell, 1907 in Caudell & Hebard, 1912: 165.
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Decticita brevicauda (Caudell, 1907) in Warchalowska-Sliwa, 1998: 166.
Decticita brevicauda (Caudell, 1907) in Vahed, Gilbert, Weissman & Barrientos-Lozano, 2014

Caudell, A.N. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of the single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section II. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64, 157–168. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17736#page/169/mode/1up
Caudell, A.N. (1907) The Decticinae (a group of Orthoptera) of North America. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 32, 285–410. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53434#page/363/mode/1up
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Vahed, K., Gilbert, J.D.J., Weissman, D.B. & Barrientos-Lozano, L. (2014) Functional equivalence of grasping cerci and nuptial food gifts in promoting ejaculate transfer in katydids. Evolution, 68(7), 2052–2065. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/evo.12421/abstract
Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin for short tail, referring to the very short ovipositor.

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