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Mecopoda mahindai Heller, 2021

CollectionObject 1593208; 4a09acba-2eb3-4ac6-8fd7-b1b58912cb99, CH7843: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593208; 4a09acba-2eb3-4ac6-8fd7-b1b58912cb99, CH7843: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593208; 4a09acba-2eb3-4ac6-8fd7-b1b58912cb99, CH7843: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1593208; 4a09acba-2eb3-4ac6-8fd7-b1b58912cb99, CH7843: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Mecopoda mahindai Heller, 2021 in Heller, Baker, Ingrisch, Korsunovskaya, Liu, Riede & Warchalowska-Sliwa, 2021: 128.

    Holotype; male; CH7843; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Sri Lanka: Anuradhapura: Mihintale

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Heller, K.-G., Baker, E., Ingrisch, S., Korsunovskaya, O., Liu, C., Riede, K. & Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (2021) Bioacoustics and systematics of Mecopoda (and related forms) from South East Asia and adjacent areas (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea, Mecopodinae) including some chromosome data. Zootaxa, 5005(2), 101–144. Available at http://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5005.2.1

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

In Memory of the Indian monk Mahinda who arrived in Mihintale, the type locality, according to religious myths traveling through the air, and founding Buddhism in Sri Lanka. The insect was found on the stupa which was built to celebrate this event.

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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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