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Species

Gonamytta occidentalis (Karsch, 1890)

CollectionObject 1500362; d28f39ca-4588-4893-805b-8e3613cc81c0, DORSA BTgonoccHTF: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500362; d28f39ca-4588-4893-805b-8e3613cc81c0, DORSA BTgonoccHTF: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500362; d28f39ca-4588-4893-805b-8e3613cc81c0, DORSA BTgonoccHTF: ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500362; d28f39ca-4588-4893-805b-8e3613cc81c0, DORSA BTgonoccHTF: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500362; d28f39ca-4588-4893-805b-8e3613cc81c0, DORSA BTgonoccHTF: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500362; d28f39ca-4588-4893-805b-8e3613cc81c0, DORSA BTgonoccHTF: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535910; 48200d88-1bdc-40b9-8dd7-df7597dff9b4: female, lateral view (paralectotype of Xiphidiopsis mitrata) [Gonamytta occidentalis accoding to Paris 1994]. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535910; 48200d88-1bdc-40b9-8dd7-df7597dff9b4: female pronotum, lateral view (paralectotype of Xiphidiopsis mitrata) [Gonamytta occidentalis accoding to Paris 1994]. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535910; 48200d88-1bdc-40b9-8dd7-df7597dff9b4: female, dorsal view (paralectotype of Xiphidiopsis mitrata) [Gonamytta occidentalis accoding to Paris 1994]. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535910; 48200d88-1bdc-40b9-8dd7-df7597dff9b4: female face (paralectotype of Xiphidiopsis mitrata) [Gonamytta occidentalis accoding to Paris 1994]. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535910; 48200d88-1bdc-40b9-8dd7-df7597dff9b4: female ovipositor (paralectotype of Xiphidiopsis mitrata) [Gonamytta occidentalis accoding to Paris 1994]. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535910; 48200d88-1bdc-40b9-8dd7-df7597dff9b4: female subgenital plate (paralectotype of Xiphidiopsis mitrata) [Gonamytta occidentalis accoding to Paris 1994]. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535910; 48200d88-1bdc-40b9-8dd7-df7597dff9b4: labels (paralectotype of Xiphidiopsis mitrata) [Gonamytta occidentalis accoding to Paris 1994]. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Amytta occidentalis Karsch, 1890: 264. (valid)

    Holotype; female; DORSA BTgonoccHTF; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud: Océan: Kribi

  • Amytta occidentalis Karsch, 1890 in Griffini, 1906: 367.
  • Gonamytta occidentalis (Karsch, 1890) in Naskrecki, 2009: 36.
  • Gonamytta occidentalis (Karsch, 1890) in Naskrecki & Guta, 2019: 31.

References (11)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1890) Neue westafrikansiche durch Herrn Premierlieutenant Morgen von Kribi eingesendete Orthopteren. Entomologische Nachrichten, 16, 257–276. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81935#page/271/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1906) Ortotteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea nell'Africa occidentale. 1. Hetrodidi, Conocephalidi, Meconemidi, Pseudophyllidi, Mecopodidi e Fanerotteridi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 3(2), 358–397. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137853#page/366/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
  • 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
  • Bruner, L. (1920) Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 92–142. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118
  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2008) New species of arboreal predatory katydids from West Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae). Zootaxa, 1732, 1–28.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2009) A survey of katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves, Eastern Region of Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 50, 34–39. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/book/10.1896/978-1-934151-26-6
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.

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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