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Mendesiellus albosignatus (Piza, 1960)

Mendesiellus albosignatus (Piza, 1960): male, lateral view (RPPN UFMS, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). (Otu).
Mendesiellus albosignatus (Piza, 1960): male, lateral view (RPPN UFMS, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). (Otu).
Mendesiellus albosignatus (Piza, 1960): male (RPPN UFMS, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). (Otu).
Mendesiellus albosignatus (Piza, 1960): male (RPPN UFMS, Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1542792; DEES MZLQ-I0060, fb53c4f9-13e2-42f3-b816-c24cfba4f8bd: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1542930; DEES MZLQ-I0060', d5e706a6-3605-40a8-bd8a-16ebbe114d35: female, labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542792; DEES MZLQ-I0060, fb53c4f9-13e2-42f3-b816-c24cfba4f8bd: male, body lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542792; DEES MZLQ-I0060, fb53c4f9-13e2-42f3-b816-c24cfba4f8bd: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542792; DEES MZLQ-I0060, fb53c4f9-13e2-42f3-b816-c24cfba4f8bd: male, face frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542792; DEES MZLQ-I0060, fb53c4f9-13e2-42f3-b816-c24cfba4f8bd: male, apex of the abdomen latero-ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542930; DEES MZLQ-I0060', d5e706a6-3605-40a8-bd8a-16ebbe114d35: female, body lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542930; DEES MZLQ-I0060', d5e706a6-3605-40a8-bd8a-16ebbe114d35: female, body dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542930; DEES MZLQ-I0060', d5e706a6-3605-40a8-bd8a-16ebbe114d35: female, apex of the ovipositor (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542930; DEES MZLQ-I0060', d5e706a6-3605-40a8-bd8a-16ebbe114d35: female, face frontal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Mendesius albosignatus Piza, 1960: 66.

    Holotype; male; DEES MZLQ-I0060; deposited at: Universidade de Sao Paulo, Piracicaba (DEES); Brazil: São Paulo: S. Pedro

  • Mendesius albosignatus Piza, 1960 in Ferreira, 1976: 81.
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  • Mendesius albosignatus Piza, 1960 in Fianco, Szinwelski & Faria, 2022: 38.
  • Mendesiellus albosignatus (Piza, 1960) in Braun, 2026: 446.

References (7)

  • Braun, H. (2026) Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera II. Zootaxa, 5878(3), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5878.3.8
  • Chamorro-Rengifo, J. & Braun, H. (2010) The Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) described by Salvador de Toledo Piza Jr. and deposited in the collection of the University of São Paulo, Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", Brazil. Zootaxa, 2635, 41–66.
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  • Ferreira, A. (1976) Cytology of Brazilian Phaneropteridae (Orthoptera - Tettigonioidea): a species with neo XY sex determining mechanism. Canadian Journal of Genetics and Cytology, 18, 79–84.
  • Fianco, M., Szinwelski, N. & Faria, L.R.R. (2022) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Iguaçu National Park, Brazil. Zootaxa, 5136(1), 1–72.
  • Paschoal, A.D. & Barros, O.N.F. (1977) Catálogo dos tipos depositados no Museu de Zoologia da Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", I: Insecta. Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), 52(4), 237–251.
  • Piza, S.de T., Jr. (1960) Um novo gênero brasileiro de Phaneropteridae. Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), 35(1), 65–66. Available at http://www.fealq.org.br/ojs/index.php/revistadeagricultura/article/view/2654/pdf_2243
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. (1998) Karyotype characteristics of katydid orthopterans (Ensifera, Tettigoniidae), and remarks on their evolution at different taxonomic levels. Folia Biologica (Kraków), 46, 143–176.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Latin albus = white, and signatus = marked, alluding to the white coloration of the male's stridulatory area.

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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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