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Spinaraptor celerinictus (Nickle, 2003)

CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male stridulatory area (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533229; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Peru: Loreto: Explorama Lodge, 80 km NE Iquitos on Rio Yanamono (1 km upriver from Rio Amazonas)

Nomenclature (3)

  • Phlugis celerinicta Nickle, 2003: 41.

    Holotype; male; ef0d9536-c8df-4bdc-a211-e4ec3a9bec21; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); Peru: Loreto: Explorama Lodge, 80 km NE Iquitos on Rio Yanamono (1 km upriver from Rio Amazonas)

  • Phlugis celerinicta Nickle, 2003 in Gorochov, 2012: 291-292.
  • Spinaraptor celerinicta (Nickle, 2003) in Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2024: 556.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Gorochov, A.V. (2012) Systematics of the American katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Communication 2. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 316(4), 285–306. Available at http://www.zin.ru/journals/trudyzin/doc/vol_316_4/TZ_316_4_Gorochov.pdf
  • Mendes, D.M.de M., Sobral, R. & da Silva-Neto, A.M. (2024) The Spine Raptor—a new genus of predatory katydid (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae: Phlugidini) from the Brazilian Amazon Rainforest. Zootaxa, 5492(4), 545–562. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5492.4.4
  • Nickle, D.A. (2003) New neotropical species of the genus Phlugis (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 12(1), 37–56. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282003%29012%5B0037%3ANNSOTG%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivecelerinictus, celerinicta, celerinictum
Etymology:

Latin adjective, celer – swift, and nictus – a winking, “quick as a wink”, referring to this species' quick movements in avoiding capture when spotted during the day.

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