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Cnemotettix caudulus Rentz & Weissman, 1973

Nomenclature (3)

  • Cnemotettix caudulus Rentz & Weissman, 1973: 110.

    Holotype; female; 5a6a6631-960e-44aa-90fe-042c537f0785; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: California: Santa Barbara: Santa Rosa Island, Skunk Point, dunes

  • Cnemotettix caudulus Rentz & Weissman, 1973 in Rentz & Weissman, 1981: 115.
  • Cnemotettix caudulus Rentz & Weissman, 1973 in Johns, 1997: 131.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Johns, P.M. (1997) The Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 6, 125–138. Available at http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/PDFs/Articles_from_Jo/Johns%201997.pdf
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Weissman, D.B. (1973) The origins and affinities of the Orthoptera of the Channel Islands and adjacent mainland California. Part I. The genus Cnemotettix. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 125, 89–120. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=8carlcrDXI0C
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Weissman, D.B. (1981) Faunal affinities, systematics, and bionomics of the Orthoptera of the California Channel Islands. University of California Publications in Entomology, 94, vii-xiii, 1–240. Available at https://orthsoc.org/sina/i00lrw81.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The species is named for its greatly reduced ovipositor.

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