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Paraphisis (Tapangiphisis) chopardi Jin, Kevan & Hsu, 1991

Chopard's Spider Katydid
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male stridulatory apparatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1476060; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597765; 1b658284-94e1-4191-afb5-acc73cf1c12e: female (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597765; 1b658284-94e1-4191-afb5-acc73cf1c12e: female (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597765; 1b658284-94e1-4191-afb5-acc73cf1c12e: female (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597765; 1b658284-94e1-4191-afb5-acc73cf1c12e: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Phisis brevipennis Chopard, 1951: 532. (homonym)

    Holotype; male; 24d09a36-2f7f-45f2-861e-b040af05ccfa; deposited at: Queensland Museum (QM); Australia: Queensland: Dunk Island

  • Phisis brevipennis Chopard, 1951 in Rentz & Balderson, 1979: 11.
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  • Paraphisis (Tapangiphisis) chopardi Jin, Kevan & Hsu, 1991 in Rentz, 2001: 320.
  • Paraphisis (Tapangiphisis) chopardi Jin, Kevan & Hsu, 1991 in Rentz, 2010: 48.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Chopard, L. (1951) A revision of the Australian Grylloidea. Records of the South Australian Museum, 9, 397–533. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127415#page/458/mode/1up
  • Jin, X. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1992) Taxonomic revision and phylogeny of the tribe Phisidini (Insecta: Grylloptera: Meconematidae). Theses Zoologicae, 18, 360 pp.
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  • Jin, X., Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Hsu, T.C. (1991) A new species of small predacious orthopteroid, Paraphis spinicercis new species, from Papua New Guinea (Grylloptera: Tettigonioidea). Chinese Journal of Entomology, 11(1), 59–64.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2001) The Listroscelidinae, Tympanophorinae, Meconematinae and Microtettigoniinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 3, 1–524 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=rz6bHWhrbhMC
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Dedicated to Lucien Chopard (1885 – 1971), French entomologist and specialist in Orthoptera.

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