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Anapolisia planiceps (Walker, 1869)

CollectionObject 1517293; 2fe4301c-c539-4e14-9041-c49f99caa62a, NHMUK013803959: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517293; 2fe4301c-c539-4e14-9041-c49f99caa62a, NHMUK013803959: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517293; 2fe4301c-c539-4e14-9041-c49f99caa62a, NHMUK013803959: male left mirror area (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517293; 2fe4301c-c539-4e14-9041-c49f99caa62a, NHMUK013803959: male mirror (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517293; 2fe4301c-c539-4e14-9041-c49f99caa62a, NHMUK013803959: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Orophus planiceps Walker, 1869: 385.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK013803959; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Brazil: Pará

  • Ischyra planiceps (Walker, 1869) in Kirby, 1906: 484.
  • Anapolisia planiceps (Walker, 1869) in Mendes & Rafael, 2025: 92.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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
  • Mendes, D.M.de M. & Rafael, J.A. (2025) Review of Anapolisia Piza, 1980 and Tropicophyllum Koçak & Kemal, 2008 stat. rev. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae: Microcentrini). Zootaxa, 5564(1), 1–184. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5564.1.1
  • Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Flat-headed, alluding to the very broad vertex without keel between the antennae.

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