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Massaium insolitum (Ragge, 1980)

Massaium insolitum (Ragge, 1980): male (Tanzania, Chenene). (Otu).
Massaium insolitum (Ragge, 1980): male (Tanzania, Chenene). (Otu).
Massaium insolitum (Ragge, 1980): male (Tanzania, Chenene). (Otu).
Massaium insolitum (Ragge, 1980): male (Tanzania, Chenene). (Otu).
Massaium insolitum (Ragge, 1980): male (Tanzania, Miombo woodland East Chenene FR 50 km north of Dodoma, 1280 m). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1517322; fb797d37-a114-4504-b359-358000f9dd2b: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517322; fb797d37-a114-4504-b359-358000f9dd2b: male head, pronotum and tegmina, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517322; fb797d37-a114-4504-b359-358000f9dd2b: male pronotum and tegmina, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517322; fb797d37-a114-4504-b359-358000f9dd2b: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517322; fb797d37-a114-4504-b359-358000f9dd2b: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Odonturoides insolitus Ragge, 1980: 103.

    Holotype; male; fb797d37-a114-4504-b359-358000f9dd2b; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United Republic of Tanzania: Dodoma: 70 km N of Dodoma

  • Odonturoides insolitus Ragge, 1980 in Hemp, 2009
  • Odonturoides insolitus Ragge, 1980 in Hemp, 2021: 297.
  • Massaium insolitum (Ragge, 1980) in Cadena-Castañeda, 2026: 27. 78.

References (4)

  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2026) Studies on Phaneropterinae: The short-winged bush katydids, Odonturini sensu lato, Barbististini and their allies (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Twelfth contribution to the suprageneric organization of phaneropterines. Zootaxa, 5762(1), 1–82. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5762.1.1
  • Hemp, C. (2009) A new species of Odonturoides Ragge (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the highlands of Tanzania. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 121–125. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0116
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1980) A review of the African Phaneropterinae with open tympana (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 40(2), 67–192. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis40entolond

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for unusual.

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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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Species1012