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Brinckiella aptera Naskrecki & Bazelet, 2009

Mute Winter Katydid

Type specimen

Holotype; male; e635a3ab-4f6a-469f-8fb5-3cbf608960c8; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); South Africa: Western Cape: Bredasdorp Div. Pearly Beach

Nomenclature (1)

  • Brinckiella aptera Naskrecki & Bazelet, 2009: 61.

    Holotype; male; e635a3ab-4f6a-469f-8fb5-3cbf608960c8; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); South Africa: Western Cape: Bredasdorp Div. Pearly Beach

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Naskrecki, P. & Bazelet, C.S. (2009) A species radiation among South African flightless spring katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Brinckiella Chopard). Zootaxa, 2056, 46–62.
© Basemap from GBIF

Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Endemic to the Fynbos and Succulent Karoo biomes.

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Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveapterus, aptera, apterum
Etymology:

Named in reference to the complete lack of wings in the male of this species.

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