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Oxyecous lesnei Chopard, 1935

Flap-eared Katydid
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male habitus, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male habitus, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male habitus, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male pronotum lateral (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male stridulatory apparatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: male pronotum dorsal (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1539803; 7c60f6b2-ddec-491c-b721-52ccf9c8a16e, MNHN-EO-ENSIF801: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Oxyecous lesnei Chopard, 1935: 4.

    Holotype; male; MNHN-EO-ENSIF801; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Mozambique: Manica: Mont Malenge region, Vandouzi, near Vila Pery

  • Oxyecous lesnei Chopard, 1935 in Ragge, 1956: 185.
  • ... Show all ... (2)
  • Oxyecous lesnei Chopard, 1935 in Hemp, 2021: 372.
  • Oxyecous lesnei Chopard, 1935 in Massa, 2022: 30.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Chopard, L. (1935) Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928-1929). Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra, 85, 43 pp.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.
  • ... Show all ... (2)
  • Massa, B. (2022) New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae). Fragmenta Entomologica, 54(1), 27–44. Available at http://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/725
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1956) A revision of the genus Oxyecous Chopard,1935 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 25, 183–190.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the French entomologist Pierre Lesne (1871–1949) who collected the holotype.

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