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Species

Elephantodeta nobilis (Walker, 1869)

noble hump-backed Kattydid
CollectionObject 1517264; 4dc3dae4-02b3-487b-9dac-eda38d349d63: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517264; 4dc3dae4-02b3-487b-9dac-eda38d349d63: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517264; 4dc3dae4-02b3-487b-9dac-eda38d349d63: male left mirror area (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517264; 4dc3dae4-02b3-487b-9dac-eda38d349d63: male mirror (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517264; 4dc3dae4-02b3-487b-9dac-eda38d349d63: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Phaneroptera nobilis Walker, 1869: 348.

    Holotype; male; 4dc3dae4-02b3-487b-9dac-eda38d349d63; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Tinzeda basalis Walker, 1869: 368.

    Syntype; male; c21c270a-29ef-40fe-8c35-bbf59d6f6d23; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia. Syntype; female; 282029af-e2e4-4684-a8bd-7a2d96e7d587; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Elephantodeta nobilis (Walker, 1869) in Bailey & Field, 2000
  • Elephantodeta nobilis (Walker, 1869) in Rentz, 2010: 174.

References (8)

  • Bailey, W.J. & Field, G. (2000) Acoustic satellite behaviour in the Australian bushcricket Elephantodeta nobilis (Phaneropterinae; Tettigoniidae; Orthoptera). Animal Behaviour, 59, 361–369.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/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
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1892) The Phaneropteridae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 15, 77–113. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54689#page/85/mode/1up
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

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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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