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Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916

Knysna Forest Ground Katydid
Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916: male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916: male, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916: male head and pronotum, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916: male pronotum and wings (paratype). (Otu).
Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916: female, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916: 446.

    Holotype; male; b0849834-e26a-42f9-a727-308cdbb33db6; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); South Africa: Western Cape: Knysna

  • Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916 in Chopard, 1955: 272.
  • Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916 in Naskrecki, 1994: 304.
  • Zitsikama tessellata Péringuey, 1916 in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 82.

References (5)

  • Louis Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.
  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • Naskrecki, P. (1994) The Mecopodinae of southern Africa (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Tettigoniidae). Journal of African Zoology, 108(3), 279–320. [1993]
  • Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C.L. & Weaving, A. (2005) Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa, 444 pp.

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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