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Conocephalus (Anisoptera) caudalis (Walker, 1869)

Long-tailed Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) caudalis (Walker, 1869): Pl. IV, Fig. 90. male abdomen tip, dorsal view (Xiphidium natalense, c. = cerci). (Otu).
Conocephalus (Anisoptera) caudalis (Walker, 1869): Pl. IV, Fig. 90. male abdomen tip, dorsal view (Xiphidium natalense, c. = cerci). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1516774; 2a94fef5-8ada-417c-93e0-f3a7fc13f9a4: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516774; 2a94fef5-8ada-417c-93e0-f3a7fc13f9a4: female head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; 2a94fef5-8ada-417c-93e0-f3a7fc13f9a4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal

Nomenclature (13)

  • Xiphidium [sic] caudalis Walker, 1869: 273.

    Holotype; female; 2a94fef5-8ada-417c-93e0-f3a7fc13f9a4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal

  • Xiphidium [sic] natalense Redtenbacher, 1891: 519.

    Syntype; 405140ea-e610-407d-9804-b458a7539b85; KwaZulu-Natal

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  • Conocephalus caudalis (Walker, 1869) in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 80.
  • Conocephalus (Anisoptera) caudalis (Walker, 1869) in Heller, 2019: 52.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.
  • Heller, K.-G. (2019) Provisional checklist of the Tettigonioidea (Insecta: Orthoptera) from São Tomé & Príncipe with taxonomic remarks, bioacoustical data and the description of new taxa. Zootaxa, 4563(1), 41–66.
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  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Conocephalinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 135, 1–17 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123362#page/3/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Picker, M., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. (2005) In Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa. 444 pp.
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1891) Monographie der Conocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 315–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/459/mode/1up
  • Schulthess, A.von (1898) Orthoptères du Pays des Somalis, recueillis par L. Robecchi-Brichetti en 1891 et par le Prince E. Ruspoli en 1892-93. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 39, 161–216. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33431#page/169/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1928) Notes on the types of Othoptera described by Dr. L. Peringuey. Annals of the South African Museum, 25(2), 341–357. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126046#page/421/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich
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Terrestrial. Grassy habitats.

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