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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Conocephalus posticus (Walker, 1869)

CollectionObject 1516777; fa230e08-4cd5-40c0-a699-fae1bfc979e4: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516777; fa230e08-4cd5-40c0-a699-fae1bfc979e4: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516777; fa230e08-4cd5-40c0-a699-fae1bfc979e4: female head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516777; fa230e08-4cd5-40c0-a699-fae1bfc979e4: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516777; fa230e08-4cd5-40c0-a699-fae1bfc979e4: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Xiphidium [sic] posticum Walker, 1869: 274.

    Holotype; female; fa230e08-4cd5-40c0-a699-fae1bfc979e4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Bangladesh: Sylhet

  • Anisoptera posticum (Walker, 1869) in Kirby, 1906: 277.
  • Conocephalus (Conocephalus) posticus (Walker, 1869) in Otte, 1997: 42.
  • Conocephalus posticus (Walker, 1869) in Heller, 2019: 52.

References (5)

  • 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. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.2
  • 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.
  • Walker, F. (1869) 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

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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