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Goniaea opomaloides (Walker, 1870)

Mimetic Gumleaf Grasshopper

CollectionObject 1507086; 65b822d4-4388-4cbd-acee-7b4668cd1abf: female, lateral view (holotype of Goniaea glaucipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507086; 65b822d4-4388-4cbd-acee-7b4668cd1abf: female, lateral view (holotype of Goniaea glaucipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507086; 65b822d4-4388-4cbd-acee-7b4668cd1abf: female, dorsal view (holotype of Goniaea glaucipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507086; 65b822d4-4388-4cbd-acee-7b4668cd1abf: female, ventral view (holotype of Goniaea glaucipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507086; 65b822d4-4388-4cbd-acee-7b4668cd1abf: female, frontal view (holotype of Goniaea glaucipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507086; 65b822d4-4388-4cbd-acee-7b4668cd1abf: labels (holotype of Goniaea glaucipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507087; f7f849c5-69a5-4f86-9a69-718ccd1d00f9: female, lateral view (holotype of Goniaea vinaceipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507087; f7f849c5-69a5-4f86-9a69-718ccd1d00f9: female, dorsal view (holotype of Goniaea vinaceipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507087; f7f849c5-69a5-4f86-9a69-718ccd1d00f9: female, ventral view (holotype of Goniaea vinaceipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507087; f7f849c5-69a5-4f86-9a69-718ccd1d00f9: female, frontal view (holotype of Goniaea vinaceipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507087; f7f849c5-69a5-4f86-9a69-718ccd1d00f9: labels (holotype of Goniaea vinaceipennis). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; 0f9a666c-8eb8-48de-ab94-6cd676304628; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: New South Wales: Port Stephens

Nomenclature (21)

  • Xiphocera opomaloides Walker, 1870: 527.

    Holotype; female; 0f9a666c-8eb8-48de-ab94-6cd676304628; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: New South Wales: Port Stephens

  • Goniaea rugulosa Stål, 1873: 56.

    Holotype; female; d395b1cf-f75e-4026-a298-eb18e2222721; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia

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  • Goniaea opomaloides (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, 1996: 188 Pl.316.
  • Goniaea opomaloides (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 241, 384.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
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  • Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) In A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. v-ix, 1–419.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1920) Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 20. Acridiodea. Arkiv för Zoologi, 12(20), 1–67. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30230#page/613/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Weidner, H. & Wagner, W. (1968) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg VII. Teil. Insecta IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65, 123–179. Available at http://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/sammlungen/zoologie/entomologie/typenkatalog/weidner-1968-caelifera-homoptera.pdf
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Descendants and synonyms

  • Goniaea opomaloides (Walker, 1870)
    • =Goniaea fuscosparsa Sjöstedt, 1921
    • =Goniaea glaucipes Sjöstedt, 1921
    • =Goniaea latipennis Sjöstedt, 1921
    • =Goniaea obscura Sjöstedt, 1921
    • =Goniaea rugulosa Stål, 1873
    • =Goniaea vinaceipennis Sjöstedt, 1921
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveopomaloides, opomaloides, opomaloides
Etymology:

Possibly derived from Opomala Agassiz, 1846.

Goniaea opomaloides (Walker, 1870)

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