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Species

Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986

Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: Fig. 5. distal left protibia, inner view. (Otu).
Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: Fig. 5. distal left protibia, inner view. (Otu).
Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: Fig. 6. distal left protibia, outer view. (Otu).
Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: Fig. 28. left metatibia, lateral view. (Otu).
Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: Fig. 37. female left cercus, ventral view. (Otu).
Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: Fig. 38. male left cercus, ventral view. (Otu).
Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: Fig. 43. female subgenital plate, ventral view. (Otu).
Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: Fig. 44. male subgenital plate, ventral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1502619; 3140f6e9-e39c-4979-a35c-dd3047bae640: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502619; 3140f6e9-e39c-4979-a35c-dd3047bae640: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502619; 3140f6e9-e39c-4979-a35c-dd3047bae640: female, vebtral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502619; 3140f6e9-e39c-4979-a35c-dd3047bae640: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502619; 3140f6e9-e39c-4979-a35c-dd3047bae640: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2045663; 905e9e99-3bcd-4ba1-ba92-c2ada1cec9f1, NHMUK015982289: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2045663; 905e9e99-3bcd-4ba1-ba92-c2ada1cec9f1, NHMUK015982289: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2045663; 905e9e99-3bcd-4ba1-ba92-c2ada1cec9f1, NHMUK015982289: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986: 262.

    Holotype; male; 697636e7-a04d-4672-9a96-852ddfbede0c; deposited at: National Museum of Namibia (NMNW); Namibia: Karas: Lüderitz District, Kanaan

  • Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986 in Irish, 1995: 37.
  • Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986 in Strauß & Lakes-Harlan, 2010
  • Comicus calcaris Irish, 1986 in Leubner, Bradler & Wipfler, 2017

References (5)

  • Irish, J. (1986) The species of Comicus Brunner v. Wattenwyl (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae) with a discussion of their origin. Navorsinge Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein, 5(10), 253–276.
  • Irish, J. (1995) A new species of Comicus Brunner v. Wattenwyl, with additional biogeographical data on the genus (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae). Cimbebasia, 14, 37–41.
  • Strauß, J. & Lakes-Harlan, R. (2009) The evolutionary origin of auditory receptors in Tettigonioidea: the complex tibial organ of Schizodactylidae. Die Naturwissenschaften, 96(1), 143–146.
  • Strauß, J. & Lakes-Harlan, R. (2010) Neuroanatomy of the complex tibial organ in the splay-footed cricket Comicus calcaris Irish 1986 (Orthoptera: Ensifera: Schizodactylidae). The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518(22), 4567–4580.
  • Leubner, F., Bradler, S. & Wipfler, B. (2017) The thoracic morphology of the wingless dune cricket Comicus calcaris (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae): Novel apomorphic characters for the group and adaptations to sand desert environments. Arthropod Structure & Development, 46(4), 449–461. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S146780391630192X

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