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Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) laetus (Redtenbacher, 1891)

Sorghum Meadow Katydid
Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) laetus (Redtenbacher, 1891): Pl. IV, Fig. 87. fastigium, frontal view. (Otu).
Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) laetus (Redtenbacher, 1891): Pl. IV, Fig. 87. fastigium, frontal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1506491; 11114cef-249f-41c9-87d1-8f2eeff25bfe: male, lateral view (paratype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506491; 11114cef-249f-41c9-87d1-8f2eeff25bfe: male head and pronotum, lateral view (paratype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506491; 11114cef-249f-41c9-87d1-8f2eeff25bfe: male cerci (paratype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506491; 11114cef-249f-41c9-87d1-8f2eeff25bfe: male subgenital plate (paratype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506491; 11114cef-249f-41c9-87d1-8f2eeff25bfe: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (paratype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506491; 11114cef-249f-41c9-87d1-8f2eeff25bfe: labels (paratype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506873; MCSN 3226230, 27481065-a3a0-481c-acb9-9392fd25503c: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516754; d775d2f3-f676-44de-bb51-6acb225e217c: male, lateral view (holotype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516754; d775d2f3-f676-44de-bb51-6acb225e217c: male head, pronotum and tegmina, dorsal view (holotype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516754; d775d2f3-f676-44de-bb51-6acb225e217c: male cerci (holotype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516754; d775d2f3-f676-44de-bb51-6acb225e217c: labels (holotype of Conocephalus raggei). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Xiphidium [sic] (Xiphidium [sic]) laetum Redtenbacher, 1891: 514.

    Holotype; female; ca01bb32-2191-4d93-98a8-daa0f0fc22f1; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Australia: Queensland: Port Curtis

  • Anisoptera laetum (Redtenbacher, 1891) in Kirby, 1906: 278.
  • Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) laetus (Redtenbacher, 1891) in Farooqi & Usmani, 2019: 111.
  • Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) laetus (Redtenbacher, 1891) in Farooqi & Usmani, 2019: 17.

References (17)

  • Farooqi, M.K. & Usmani, M.K. (2019) Description of one new species of Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae; Conocephalini) from India. Entomological News, 129(1), 16–22.
  • Farooqi, M.K. & Usmani, M.K. (2019) Description of two new species of genus Conocephalus Thunberg, 1815 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) with a new record from India. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 145(1), 107–119.
  • Harz, K. (1970) New and little known Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from Israel and Africa. Israel Journal of Zoology, 19, 191–201.
  • Hebard, M. (1922) Studies in Malayan, Melanesian and Australian Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 74, 121–299, pl. 11–22. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca74acad
  • Heller, K.-G. (1998) Liste der von Kurt Harz (1915-1996) beschriebenen Taxa (1963-1988). Articulata, 13(1), 5–10. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de/downloads/articulata/articulata_XIII_1998/heller_1998.pdf
  • Hollier, J.A. & Bruckner, H. (2015) An annotated list of the orthopteroid insects described by Kurt Harz, with an account of the type specimens held in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 122(2), 185–200. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/274312#page/11/mode/1up
  • Hugel, S. (2009) Gryllacrididae and Tettigoniidae (Insecta, Orthoptera, Ensifera) from Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu. Zoosystema, 31(3), 525–576. Available at http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/20998_z09n3a11.pdf
  • 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
  • Karny, H.H. (1926) Fauna Buruana. Orthoptera, Fam. Tettigoniidae. Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 7, 145–215. [1925]
  • 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.
  • Pitkin, L.M. (1980) A revision of the Pacific species of Conocephalus Thunberg (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 41(5), 315–355. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis41entolond
  • 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
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • 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
  • Shishodia, M.S. (2006) Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae. In Fauna of Nagaland. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 89–93 pp. Available at http://faunaofindia.nic.in/PDFVolumes/sfs/053/index.pdf
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf

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