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Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993

quadrate fan-winged katydid
Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993: male (paratype). (Otu).
Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993: male (paratype). (Otu).
Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993: male dorsal (paratype). (Otu).
Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993: male face (paratype). (Otu).
Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993: male cerci (paratype). (Otu).
Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993: female (paratype). (Otu).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993: 299.

    Holotype; male; 1428be2a-d215-47c6-a3a8-30f1b46dc525; deposited at: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia (ANIC); Australia: Western Australia: Cape Naturaliste Lighthouse

  • Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993 in Ueshima, 1993
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  • Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993 in Allen, 1998
  • Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz, 1993 in Rentz, 2010: 83.

References (11)

  • Allen, G.R. & Pape, T. (1996) Description of female and biology of Blaesoxipha ragg Pape (Diptera: Sarcophagidae), a parasitoid of Sciarasaga quadrata Rentz (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in Western Australia. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 35, 147–151.
  • Allen, G.R. (1995) The biology of the phonotactic parasitoid, Homotrixa sp. (Diptera: Tachinidae), and its impact on the survival of male Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) in the field. Ecological Entomology, 20, 103–110.
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  • Allen, G.R. (1995) The calling behavior and spatial-distribution of male bush-crickets (Sciarasaga quadrata) and their relationship to parasitism by acoustically orienting tachinid flies. Ecological Entomology, 20, 303–310.
  • Allen, G.R. (1998) Diel calling activity and field survival of the bushcricket, Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae): A role for sound-locating parasitic flies? Ethology, 104, 645–660.
  • Heiner, R. & Bailey, W.J. (1998) Strategies for hearing in noise: Peripheral control over auditory-sensitivity in the bush-cricket Sciarasaga quadrata (Austrosaginae, Tettigoniidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 201, 1023–1033.
  • Hunt, J. & Allen, G.R. (1998) Fluctuating asymmetry, call structure and the risk of attack from phonotactic parasitoids in the bushcricket Sciarasaga quadrata (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Oecologia, 116, 356–364. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/6nmkmb46cmdqqdk5
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1993) The Austrosaginae, Zaprochilinae and Phasmodinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 2, i-x, 1–386.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC
  • Ueshima, N. (1993) Karyotypes and meiosis of Phasmodinae, Zaprochilinae and Austrosaginae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 2.
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.

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