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Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838

East Coast Katydid; Dregi's Katydid
Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838: female head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838: Pl. 1, Fig. 1. female, pronotum and wings dorsal view, and ovipositor lateral view (Stilpnothorax loricatus). (Otu).
Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838: Pl. 1, Fig. 1b. head, dorsal view (Stilpnothorax loricatus). (Otu).
Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838: Pl. 1, Fig. 1c. meso- and metasternum (Stilpnothorax loricatus). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1538287; ca4c963a-fa3e-462e-a2c4-4ce2579a4164: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538287; ca4c963a-fa3e-462e-a2c4-4ce2579a4164: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538287; ca4c963a-fa3e-462e-a2c4-4ce2579a4164: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538287; ca4c963a-fa3e-462e-a2c4-4ce2579a4164: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538287; ca4c963a-fa3e-462e-a2c4-4ce2579a4164: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538287; ca4c963a-fa3e-462e-a2c4-4ce2579a4164: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838: 684.

    Holotype; female; ca4c963a-fa3e-462e-a2c4-4ce2579a4164; deposited at: Martin Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (MLUH); South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, Port Natal

  • Stilpnothorax loricatus Pictet, 1888: 69.

    Holotype; female; 32ead371-1a5f-423b-af96-3303860e537d; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC);

  • Stilpnothorax loricatus Pictet, 1888 (subjective synonym of Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838) in Otte, 1997: 101.
  • Stilpnothorax loricatus Pictet, 1888 (subjective synonym of Pomatonota dregii Burmeister, 1838) in Hollier, 2011: 373.

References (11)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up
  • Pictet, A. (1888) Locustides nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée de Genève. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(6), 1–84. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/664/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1890) Orthopterologische Mitteilungen 4. Ueber Phaneropteriden. Entomologische Nachrichten, 16, 57–62. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81935#page/71/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1892) Übersicht der von Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Kamerun gesammelten Locustodeen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(2), 317–346. [1891] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1892) Monographische Uebersicht der Mecopodiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 42, 183–224. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48404#page/305/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Mecopodinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 171, 1–32, pls 1–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105422#page/57/mode/1up
  • 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]
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118(2), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437

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