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Xenicola superba (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891)

Xenicola superba (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891): Fig. 2. female, dorsal view (body length 25 mm, pronotum 5.5 mm, tegmina 2.8 mm, hind femora 24 mm, ovipositor 12 mm). (Otu).
Xenicola superba (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891): Fig. 2. female, dorsal view (body length 25 mm, pronotum 5.5 mm, tegmina 2.8 mm, hind femora 24 mm, ovipositor 12 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1475950; e69100a1-e2ba-40b4-a96f-19bf4de60c80: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475950; e69100a1-e2ba-40b4-a96f-19bf4de60c80: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475950; e69100a1-e2ba-40b4-a96f-19bf4de60c80: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Xenica superba Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: 40.

    Holotype; female; e69100a1-e2ba-40b4-a96f-19bf4de60c80; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Brazil: Santa Catarina

  • Xenica superba Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 in Kirby, 1906: 391.
  • Angara superba (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) in Fianco & Melo, 2025
  • Xenicola superba (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891) in Cadena-Castañeda, 2026: 64.

References (8)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/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
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Eleven new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 377–380.
  • Fianco, M., Preis, H., Szinwelski, N., Braun, H. & Faria, L.R.R. (2019) On brachypterous phaneropterine katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil: three new species, new record and bioacoustics. Zootaxa, 4652(2), 240–264.
  • Fianco, M., Engelking, P.W. & Faria, L.R.R. (2020) Xenicola brauni sp. n., a new katydid species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from the Atlantic Forest, southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, 4778(3), 584–592. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4778.3.9
  • Braun, H. (2021) An interesting new record of the almost unknown brachypterous phaneropterine katydid Xenicola dohrni (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from Argentina, and its high-ultrasound male-female communication. Zootaxa, 4948(2), 287–294. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4948.2.8
  • Fianco, M. & Melo, G.A.R. (2025) Molecular systematics and species revision of a Neotropical genus of flightless phaneropterine katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 204(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf041
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Probably referring to larger size compared to simultaneously described X. dohrni.

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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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Species1023