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Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) albescens (Walker, 1869)

Whitish Meadow Katydid

Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) albescens (Walker, 1869): female (Australia, NSW, Bawley Point). (Otu).
Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) albescens (Walker, 1869): female (Australia, NSW, Bawley Point). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1516770; da28f4a4-3e5b-40f6-9b07-cc9721debcd0: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516770; da28f4a4-3e5b-40f6-9b07-cc9721debcd0: female head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; da28f4a4-3e5b-40f6-9b07-cc9721debcd0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: South Australia

Nomenclature (13)

  • Xiphidium [sic] albescens Walker, 1869: 275.

    Holotype; female; da28f4a4-3e5b-40f6-9b07-cc9721debcd0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: South Australia

  • Xiphidium [sic] latifrons Redtenbacher, 1891: 526.
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  • Conocephalus (Chloroxiphidion) albescens (Walker, 1869) in Rentz, 2010: 103.
  • Xiphidium [sic] latifrons Redtenbacher, 1891 (synonym of Xiphidium [sic] albescens Walker, 1869) in Hollier, 2012: 14.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated catalogue of the type material of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Josef Redtenbacher deposited in the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(1), 3–25. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185302#page/5/mode/1up
  • 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
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  • 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. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) In A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing. 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC
  • 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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Participlealbescens, albescens, albescens
Etymology:

Relating to whitish coloration.

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