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Dystopia cheesmanae (Günther, 1938)

Dystopia cheesmanae (Günther, 1938): Fig. 44 (after holotype). female, lateral view. (Otu).
Dystopia cheesmanae (Günther, 1938): Fig. 44 (after holotype). female, lateral view. (Otu).
Dystopia cheesmanae (Günther, 1938): Fig. 43. female, dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1517850; aef624cc-3dd7-4322-a226-59f0b3504333, NHMUK10924417: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517850; aef624cc-3dd7-4322-a226-59f0b3504333, NHMUK10924417: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517850; aef624cc-3dd7-4322-a226-59f0b3504333, NHMUK10924417: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517850; aef624cc-3dd7-4322-a226-59f0b3504333, NHMUK10924417: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517850; aef624cc-3dd7-4322-a226-59f0b3504333, NHMUK10924417: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Nesotettix cheesmanae Günther, 1938: 339.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK10924417; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); New Caledonia: Sud: Bourail

  • Nesotettix cheesmanae Günther, 1938 in Steinmann, 1970: 156.
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  • Nesotettix cheesmanae Günther, 1938 in Tumbrinck, 2014: 378.
  • Dystopia cheesmanae (Günther, 1938) in Kasalo, Brouste, Desutter-Grandcolas, Hervé, Bogić & Skejo, 2025: 382.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Blackith, R.E. (1992) Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography. JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland, i-liv, 1–248.
  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.
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  • Günther, K. (1972) Die Tetrigoidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) von Süd-Melanesien. Zoologische Beiträge, 18, 251–292, 53 figs.
  • Kasalo, N., Brouste, D., Desutter-Grandcolas, L., Hervé, C., Bogić, D. & Skejo, J. (2025) Atlas of New Caledonian Tetrigidae with preliminary suprageneric classification of Batrachideinae. Zoosystema, 47(18), 327–397. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a18
  • Steinmann, H. (1970) The Tetricidae (Orthoptera) of the Notogea. Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 10, 155–164. Available at http://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Opuscula10_1_1970/Steinmann,%20H_10_1_11.pdf
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2014) Taxonomic revision of the Cladonotinae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from the islands of South-East Asia and from Australia, with general remarks to the classification and morphology of the Tetrigidae and descriptions of new genera and species from New Guinea and New Caledonia. In Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea. Entomological Society of Latvia, Ed. Dmitry Telnov. Vol. 2, 345–396 (plates 64–91).

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Namend after the collector of the holotype, the British entomologist and traveller Lucy Evelyn Cheesman (1881–1969).

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