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Arantia (Goetia) purpurea (Massa, 2013)

Nomenclature (2)

  • Goetia purpurea Massa, 2013: 148.

    Holotype; male; 540e37d8-0c49-491c-b198-e5a3d3ae5ae9; deposited at: Collection B. Massa, University of Palermo (BMPC); Central African Republic: Sangha-Mbaéré: N'Doki, lakeshore

  • Arantia (Goetia) purpurea (Massa, 2013) in Hemp & Massa, 2017: 488.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Hemp, C. & Massa, B. (2017) Review of the African genera Arantia Stål and Goetia Karsch (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa, 4362(4), 451–498.
  • Massa, B. (2013) Diversity of leaf katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) of Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic, with selected records from other African countries. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 22(2), 125–152. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.022.0201

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named for the purple color of the wings.

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