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Acanthoproctus diadematus (Stål, 1858)

Skeleton Coast Thorny Katydid

CollectionObject 1505707; 3801bf89-e8df-4030-bfb0-c4ccf55b4933: female, lateral view (holotype of Acanthoproctus ibex). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505707; 3801bf89-e8df-4030-bfb0-c4ccf55b4933: female, lateral view (holotype of Acanthoproctus ibex). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505707; 3801bf89-e8df-4030-bfb0-c4ccf55b4933: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Acanthoproctus ibex). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505707; 3801bf89-e8df-4030-bfb0-c4ccf55b4933: female, dorsal view (holotype of Acanthoproctus ibex). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505707; 3801bf89-e8df-4030-bfb0-c4ccf55b4933: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype of Acanthoproctus ibex). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505707; 3801bf89-e8df-4030-bfb0-c4ccf55b4933: female, frontal view (holotype of Acanthoproctus ibex). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505707; 3801bf89-e8df-4030-bfb0-c4ccf55b4933: female ovipositor (holotype of Acanthoproctus ibex). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505707; 3801bf89-e8df-4030-bfb0-c4ccf55b4933: labels (holotype of Acanthoproctus ibex). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516910; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955: female, lateral view (holotype of Hetrodes crassipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516910; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955: female, lateral view (holotype of Hetrodes crassipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516910; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Hetrodes crassipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516910; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955: female, dorsal view (holotype of Hetrodes crassipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516910; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype of Hetrodes crassipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516910; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955: female, frontal view (holotype of Hetrodes crassipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516910; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955: female ovipositor (holotype of Hetrodes crassipes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516910; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955: labels (holotype of Hetrodes crassipes). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (25)

  • Hetrodes diademata Stål, 1858: 308.

    Holotype; female; d500a7d0-19a8-4ca6-8574-c39fea70820e; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Namibia: Kuiseb River [ad flumen Kuisip]

  • Hetrodes crassipes Walker, 1869: 231.

    Holotype; male; 96e9ab36-0525-4b98-936e-46690f9dc955; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

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  • Acanthoproctus diadematus (Stål, 1858) in Grohmann, Henze, Nørgaard & Gorb, 2015
  • Acanthoproctus diadematus (Stål, 1858) in Heller, Chobanov, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Hemp, 2022: 472.

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Hetrodinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 168, 1–13 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105423#page/445/mode/1up
  • Conti, E. & Viglianisi, F.M. (2005) Ecology of the calling song of two Namibian armoured ground crickets, Acanthoplus longipes and Acanthoproctus diadematus (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae Hetrodinae). Ethology Ecology & Evolution, 17(3), 261–269.
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  • Grohmann, C., Henze, M.J., Nørgaard, T. & Gorb, S.N. (2015) Two functional types of attachment pads on a single foot in the Namibia bush cricket Acanthoproctus diadematus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 282(1809). Available at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/282/1809/20142976
  • Heller, K.-G., Chobanov, D.P., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Hemp, C. (2022) Review of song patterns and sound production in armoured ground crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hetrodini) with karyological data and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 5120(4), 451–481.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118(2), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437
  • Karny, H.H. (1910) Orthoptera (s. str.). In Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. Vol. 4, pp. 35–90, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114237#page/51/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1887) Orthopterologische Beiträge. II. Ueber die Hetrodiden. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 31, 43–72. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51648#page/113/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1899) Notes on the family Hetrodidae, with a list of the described species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3, 97–102, 141–146. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63341#page/111/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
  • Kowalski, K.N. & Lakes-Harlan, R. (2013) The acoustic communication system in six species of armoured ground crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hetrodinae): Commonalities and species-specific differences. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 252(2), 204–216. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044523112000368
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Pictet, A. (1888) Locustides nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée de Genève. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(6), 1–84. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/664/mode/1up
  • Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Orthopterentypen im Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm 4. Tettigoniidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 13, 1–30.
  • Stål, C. (1858) Orthoptera och Hemiptera från södra Afrika. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 15(6), 307–320. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54173#page/315/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1874) In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 2, 121 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=nSxDAAAAYAAJ
  • Stål, C. (1876) Bidrag till södra Afrikas Orthopter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 33(3), 29–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100513#page/177/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
  • Weidner, H. (1941) Die Hetrodinae des Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museums und Instituts. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 134, 268–295.
  • Weidner, H. (1955) Die Hetrodinae (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 53, 110–166.

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Etymology:

Latin for crowned or adorned with a diadem, alluding to the laterally extended and spiny anterior margin of the pronotum.

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