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Amytta pellucida Karsch, 1888

Amytta pellucida Karsch, 1888: male (Tanzania). (Otu).
Amytta pellucida Karsch, 1888: male (Tanzania). (Otu).
Amytta pellucida Karsch, 1888: female (Tanzania). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500348; ecd96df7-66f9-4762-b239-bff3048446d6: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500348; ecd96df7-66f9-4762-b239-bff3048446d6: male pronotum and stridulatory area, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500348; ecd96df7-66f9-4762-b239-bff3048446d6: male cerci (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500348; ecd96df7-66f9-4762-b239-bff3048446d6: male abdominal apex (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500348; ecd96df7-66f9-4762-b239-bff3048446d6: male cerci (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500348; ecd96df7-66f9-4762-b239-bff3048446d6: male subgenital plate (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500348; ecd96df7-66f9-4762-b239-bff3048446d6: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502098; 7ac70547-434c-41fd-8aa1-e9e3eff701d0: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502098; 7ac70547-434c-41fd-8aa1-e9e3eff701d0: female subgenital plate (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502098; 7ac70547-434c-41fd-8aa1-e9e3eff701d0: ovipositor (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502098; 7ac70547-434c-41fd-8aa1-e9e3eff701d0: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502099; 86f67774-41f7-4e57-a0c6-191def92941e: female ovipositor (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502099; 86f67774-41f7-4e57-a0c6-191def92941e: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502100; fa718285-7dab-44a5-be14-806569954443: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Amytta pellucida Karsch, 1888: 161.

    Syntype; male; ecd96df7-66f9-4762-b239-bff3048446d6; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Usambara. Syntype; female; 7ac70547-434c-41fd-8aa1-e9e3eff701d0; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Bondei. Syntype; female; 86f67774-41f7-4e57-a0c6-191def92941e; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Bondei. Syntype; female; fa718285-7dab-44a5-be14-806569954443; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Usambara

  • Amytta pellucida Karsch, 1888 in Kirby, 1906: 373.
  • Amytta pellucida Karsch, 1888 in Hemp, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Grzywacz, 2017
  • Amytta pellucida Karsch, 1888 in Hemp, 2021: 153.

References (11)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1888) Die Meconemiden. Ein orthopterologischer Beitrag. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, 7, 159–162. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/WEZ_7_0159-0162.pdf
  • 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
  • Caudell, A.N. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Meconeminae, Phyllophorinae, Tympanophorinae, Phasgonurinae, Phasomodinae, Bradyporinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 138, 1–25 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123207#page/5/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1912) Zur Orthopterenfauna des Kamerungebirges. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7(37), 1–30, pl. 1–3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30233#page/857/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1920) Dodecas Conodephalidarum novarum. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 70, 21–33. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/VZBG_70_0021-0033.pdf
  • Beier, M. (1965) Die afrikanischen Arten der Gattungsgruppe "Amytta" Karsch (Saltatoria: Tettigoniidae, Meconeminae). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 15(3-4), 203–242. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/706
  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2010) An annotated list of type specimens of Orthoptera (Insecta) described by Ferdinand Karsch and deposited in the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 117(1), 17–22. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148549#page/19/mode/1up
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa. Zootaxa, 3737(4), 301–350.
  • Hemp, C., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Grzywacz, B. (2017) A molecular phylogeny of East African Amytta (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Meconematinae) with data on their cytogenetics. Systematic Entomology.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin pellūcidus (transparent, pellucid), reference to translucent tegmina.

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