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Obolopteryx seeversi (Strohecker, 1941)

Seever's short-winged katydid
Obolopteryx seeversi (Strohecker, 1941): female, dorso-lateral view. (Otu).
Obolopteryx seeversi (Strohecker, 1941): female, dorso-lateral view. (Otu).
Obolopteryx seeversi (Strohecker, 1941): Fig. 4. right cercus of male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Obolopteryx seeversi (Strohecker, 1941): Fig. 5. subgenital plate of male. (Otu).
Obolopteryx seeversi (Strohecker, 1941): Fig. 6. ovipositor of female (length 10 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1479325; 20f35fb7-8b48-4ee2-b5dd-67a12b2f3bff: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Dichopetala seeversi Strohecker, 1941: 540.

    Holotype; male; c03dd11d-9b70-4c43-95e0-544f2fef8f7b; United States: Texas: on Colubrina texensis (Texas snakewood)

  • Obolopteryx seeversi (Strohecker, 1941) in Cohn, Swanson & Fontana, 2014: 27.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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
  • Strohecker, H.F. (1941) Two new species of Orthoptera from Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 34(3), 539–542. Available at http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/Buzz/s001a.htm#s41

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

“Named for Dr. Charles H. Seevers”. Strohecker does not explicitly state the reason for this endowment.

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