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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Conocephalus (Megalotheca) nigrifrons (Chopard, 1952)

Conocephalus (Megalotheca) nigrifrons (Chopard, 1952): male habitus. (Otu).
Conocephalus (Megalotheca) nigrifrons (Chopard, 1952): male habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male, anterior portion of body, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male, anterior portion of body, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475385; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Megalotheca nigrifrons Chopard, 1952: 491.

    Holotype; male; a0824d2a-7fe7-4360-b9af-f24295375d01; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar: Antsiranana: Massif of Tsaratanana

  • Megalotheca nigrifrons Chopard, 1952 in Otte, 1997: 47.
  • Megalotheca nigrifrons Chopard, 1952 in Gorochov, 2009: 440.
  • Conocephalus (Megalotheca) nigrifrons (Chopard, 1952) in Hugel, 2022: 998.

References (5)

  • Chopard, L. (1952) Notes sur les Orthopteroides de Madagascar IV. Faune de la forêt de mousses du Tsaratanana. Mémoires de l'Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Série E Entomologie, 1(2), 463–516. Available at http://madadoc.irenala.edu.mg/documents/9139_notes.pdf
  • Gorochov, A.V. & Llorente del Moral, V. (2004) Remarks on the genus Megalotheca and new species of Conocephalus (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 82(2), 397–402.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2009) Katydids of the genus Ewanella and of the subgenus Megalotheca (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). African Invertebrates, 50(2), 435–446. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2009%20%28230-239%29/238%20Ewanella%20Megalotheca%202009.pdf
  • Hugel, S. (2022) Orthoptera: Caelifera and Ensifera, grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, valala, angely. In S.M. Goodman (Ed.). The New Natural History of Madagascar (Ed. S.M. Goodman). Princeton University Press. S.M. Goodman, Vol. 1, 996–1014 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012