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Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003

Carlotta's Saddle Bush-cricket

Nomenclature (3)

  • Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003: 84.

    Holotype; male; bcf4b880-48a2-4d7d-9e32-3347a0b23624; deposited at: Museo Civico di Rovereto (MCRI); Italy: Emilia-Romagna: Appennino Tosco-Emiliano, SS 486, 3.5 km south of Piandelagotti

  • Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003 in Barat, 2012: 64.
  • Ephippiger carlottae Fontana & Odé, 2003 in Massa, Fontana, Buzzetti, Kleukers & Odé, 2012: 299.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Barat, J. (2012) Revisión preliminar de los géneros de Ephippigerini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Bradyporinae). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 50, 1–71. Available at http://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4b0c/358ca2f10336849430e176f36c0fd88801ef.pdf
  • Fontana, P. & Odé, B. (2003) A new species of Ephippiger Berthold, 1827 from the northern Apennines in Italy (Insecta Orthoptera Bradyporidae). Atti della Accademia Roveretana degli Agiati, 253, 81–104.
  • Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2012) In Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna. Vol. 48, 563 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after Carlotta Fontana, the 6-year-old daughter of the first author, for her active help in entomological excursions and for her enthusiasm for insects and the whole animal kingdom.

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