species

Obolopteryx catinata (Rehn & Hebard, 1914)

spoon-tailed short-winged katydid

Obolopteryx catinata (Rehn & Hebard, 1914): male (Brownsville, Texas). (Otu).

Obolopteryx catinata (Rehn & Hebard, 1914): male, dorsal view (Brownsville, Texas). (Otu).

Obolopteryx catinata (Rehn & Hebard, 1914): Fig. 39. female, head pronotum and tegmina, dorsal outline. (Otu).

Obolopteryx catinata (Rehn & Hebard, 1914): Fig. 41. female ovipositor. (Otu).

Obolopteryx catinata (Rehn & Hebard, 1914): Fig. 35. male cercus. (Otu).

Obolopteryx catinata (Rehn & Hebard, 1914): Fig. 36. male, subgenital plate, ventral outline. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1522681; ce130496-59f5-46fd-9f77-02a08f75512d: male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1522681; ce130496-59f5-46fd-9f77-02a08f75512d: male pronotum and tegmina (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1522681; ce130496-59f5-46fd-9f77-02a08f75512d: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

Dichopetala catinata Rehn & Hebard, 1914: 139.
Holotype; male; ce130496-59f5-46fd-9f77-02a08f75512d; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Texas: Cameron: Brownsville
Dichopetala catinata Rehn & Hebard, 1914 in Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2008: 77.

Obolopteryx catinata (Rehn & Hebard, 1914) in Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: 31.

Nomenclature references (3)

Cohn, T.J., Swanson, D.R. & Fontana, P. (2014) Dichopetala and new related North American genera: a study in genitalic similarity in sympatry and genitalic differences in allopatry (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Odonturini). In Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan. Vol. 203, 1–180 pp. Available at http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/handle/2027.42/122723
Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M. & Mariño-Pérez, R. (2008) In Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide. World Biodiversity Association, Verona, Italy. 1–272 pp. Available at http://biodiversityassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Grasshoppers-Locusts-Crickets-Katydids-Of-Mexico.pdf

Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1914) A study of the species of the genus Dichopetala (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 66, 64–160. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1856461/#page/72/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin, catinus, deep vessel, pot, bowl, dish, cup. No explanation was given in the original description, although the epithet most likely references the concave cup-like thumb of the male cercus.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	1	2