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Microtettigonia kangaroo Rentz, 1979

Nomenclature (2)

  • Microtettigonia kangaroo Rentz, 1979: 1003.

    Holotype; male; 11cc0a7a-230f-41bd-a47b-36d0a02239d3; deposited at: Australian National Insect Collection, CSIRO, Canberra, ACT, Australia (ANIC); Australia: South Australia: Kangaroo Island, Mt Mary

  • Microtettigonia kangaroo Rentz, 1979 in Rentz, 2001: 468.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1979) Comments on the classification of the orthopteran family Tettigoniidae, with a key to subfamilies and description of two new subfamilies. Australian Journal of Zoology, 27, 991–1013.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the type locality Kangaroo Island.

Stats

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