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Species

Austrodontura capensis (Walker, 1869)

Cape Flightless Katydid
CollectionObject 1517487; 005047b7-4132-4edb-a283-07d91eab161b: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517487; 005047b7-4132-4edb-a283-07d91eab161b: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517487; 005047b7-4132-4edb-a283-07d91eab161b: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Odontura capensis Walker, 1869: 242.

    Holotype; female; 005047b7-4132-4edb-a283-07d91eab161b; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

  • Odontura capensis Walker, 1869 in Karsch, 1889: 419.
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  • Austrodontura raggei Fontana & Buzzetti, 2004 (subjective synonym of Odontura capensis Walker, 1869) in Naskrecki & Bazelet, 2011: 54.
  • Austrodontura capensis (Walker, 1869) in Naskrecki & Bazelet, 2011: 54.

References (6)

  • Fontana, P. & Buzzetti, F.M. (2004) Biogeographical considerations on some Mediterranean Phaneropteridae and description of a new genus and a new species from South Africa (Orthoptera). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 82(2), 441–468.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1889) Orthopterologische Beiträge III. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 32, 415–464. [1888] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34458#page/475/mode/1up
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  • 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
  • Naskrecki, P. & Bazelet, C.S. (2011) A revision of the South African katydid genus Austrodontura Fontana & Buzzetti (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa, 2873, 51–59.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1968) An index-catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(3), 75–108. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond
  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich

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