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Brinckiella viridis Chopard, 1955

Green Winter Katydid

CollectionObject 1536480; b4df0487-92fa-4630-aa82-5d02f84b8723: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536480; b4df0487-92fa-4630-aa82-5d02f84b8723: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536480; b4df0487-92fa-4630-aa82-5d02f84b8723: female head, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; b4df0487-92fa-4630-aa82-5d02f84b8723; deposited at: Lund University (MZLU); South Africa: Western Cape: Hout Bay, Skoorsteenkop

Nomenclature (4)

  • Brinckiella viridis Chopard, 1955: 274.

    Holotype; female; b4df0487-92fa-4630-aa82-5d02f84b8723; deposited at: Lund University (MZLU); South Africa: Western Cape: Hout Bay, Skoorsteenkop

  • Brinckiella viridis Chopard, 1955 in Beier, 1966: 258.
  • Brinckiella viridis Chopard, 1955 in Naskrecki, 1996: 163.
  • Brinckiella viridis Chopard, 1955 in Naskrecki & Bazelet, 2009: 51.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • 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.
  • Naskrecki, P. & Bazelet, C.S. (2009) A species radiation among South African flightless spring katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Brinckiella Chopard). Zootaxa, 2056, 46–62.
  • Naskrecki, P. (1996) Systematics of the southern African Meconematinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Journal of African Zoology, 110(3), 159–193.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Endemic to Fynbos biome.

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Brinckiella viridis Chopard, 1955

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