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Tetrix tartara (Saussure, 1887)

CollectionObject 1477264; f0b064e7-01e6-4122-bc24-6d6492ffb0fe, NHMUK010924556: female, lateral view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477264; f0b064e7-01e6-4122-bc24-6d6492ffb0fe, NHMUK010924556: female, lateral view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477264; f0b064e7-01e6-4122-bc24-6d6492ffb0fe, NHMUK010924556: female, lateral view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477264; f0b064e7-01e6-4122-bc24-6d6492ffb0fe, NHMUK010924556: female, lateral view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477264; f0b064e7-01e6-4122-bc24-6d6492ffb0fe, NHMUK010924556: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477264; f0b064e7-01e6-4122-bc24-6d6492ffb0fe, NHMUK010924556: female, frontal view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477264; f0b064e7-01e6-4122-bc24-6d6492ffb0fe, NHMUK010924556: female, frontal view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574106; 6521245b-2c6d-47f9-bf2a-2137967a4419: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574106; 6521245b-2c6d-47f9-bf2a-2137967a4419: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574106; 6521245b-2c6d-47f9-bf2a-2137967a4419: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574106; 6521245b-2c6d-47f9-bf2a-2137967a4419: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574106; 6521245b-2c6d-47f9-bf2a-2137967a4419: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585219; b1ece521-6583-48e9-9cbf-013f014e6fc2: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585219; b1ece521-6583-48e9-9cbf-013f014e6fc2: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585219; b1ece521-6583-48e9-9cbf-013f014e6fc2: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585219; b1ece521-6583-48e9-9cbf-013f014e6fc2: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585219; b1ece521-6583-48e9-9cbf-013f014e6fc2: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585220; 92dceeb9-1dde-4461-b5df-04bb37ef1053: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585220; 92dceeb9-1dde-4461-b5df-04bb37ef1053: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585220; 92dceeb9-1dde-4461-b5df-04bb37ef1053: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585220; 92dceeb9-1dde-4461-b5df-04bb37ef1053: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1585220; 92dceeb9-1dde-4461-b5df-04bb37ef1053: labale (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586374; 0a1bd9d7-fe77-4699-8f2d-ce7cd6fcee17: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586374; 0a1bd9d7-fe77-4699-8f2d-ce7cd6fcee17: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586374; 0a1bd9d7-fe77-4699-8f2d-ce7cd6fcee17: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586374; 0a1bd9d7-fe77-4699-8f2d-ce7cd6fcee17: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587068; 824f9c71-09bf-4379-93bd-76b4968b1c8f, NHMUK010924808': female, lateral view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587068; 824f9c71-09bf-4379-93bd-76b4968b1c8f, NHMUK010924808': female, lateral view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587068; 824f9c71-09bf-4379-93bd-76b4968b1c8f, NHMUK010924808': female, dorsal view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587068; 824f9c71-09bf-4379-93bd-76b4968b1c8f, NHMUK010924808': female, frontal view (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1587068; 824f9c71-09bf-4379-93bd-76b4968b1c8f, NHMUK010924808': labels (paratype of Tetrix tartara subacuta). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (53)

  • Tettix tartarus Saussure, 1887 in Bolívar, 1887: 262.

    Syntypes (n= 2); male; 7f7edce8-6f89-4c23-8f62-40407d7655f5; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Kazakhstan: Perovsk, Syr Darya River. Syntypes (n= 2); male; b1ece521-6583-48e9-9cbf-013f014e6fc2; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Asia, temperate. Syntype; female; 92dceeb9-1dde-4461-b5df-04bb37ef1053; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Turkmenistan: Turkestan

  • Tettix serripes Redtenbacher, 1889: 28.

    Syntype; b372941d-4295-4bbd-9296-9c9bf8700503; Turcomania

  • Tetrix xinjiangensis Zheng, 1996 (subjective synonym of Tettix tartarus Saussure, 1887) in Ding, Wang, Wu & Zha, 2021: 173, 175.
  • Tetrix tartara (Saussure, 1887) in Ding, Wang, Wu & Zha, 2021: 172.

References (30)

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