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Catespa corallipes Sjöstedt, 1921

Red-legged Catespa

Nomenclature (4)

  • Catespa corallipes Sjöstedt, 1921: 167.

    Holotype; female; 8b6c012f-6008-4687-9f79-0f18bcc84657; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Northern Territory: Hermannsburg

  • Catespa corallipes Sjöstedt, 1921 in Key, 1986: 13.
  • Catespa corallipes Sjöstedt, 1921 in Otte, 1995: 237.
  • Catespa corallipes Sjöstedt, 1921 in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 138.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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. (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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Referring to red coloration of the internal face of the hind femora and the entire hind tibiae.

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