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Megatympanon speculatum Piza, 1958

Megatympanon speculatum Piza, 1958: male (Sapiranga, Rio Grande do Sul, 2003). (Otu).
Megatympanon speculatum Piza, 1958: male (Sapiranga, Rio Grande do Sul, 2003). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, body lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, body dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, stridulatory area dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, stridulatory area latero-dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, stridulatory area latero-dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, stridulatory area dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, apex of the abdomen latero-ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, apex of the abdomen latero-ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542786; DEES #10054, 279e0255-d7ff-4135-a200-5504624c8644: male, apex of the abdomen postero ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, body lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, body dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, pronotum and head dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, ovipositor lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, apex of the abdomen ventral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, right foreleg lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, face frontal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542909; DEES #10054', a49557df-c58f-483d-b048-4dae145f7d79: female, pronotum lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542910; DEES #10054'', 3c5a521c-afe0-4911-a883-d6a70c4dd4fc: male, labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Locusta bicolor Walker, 1869: 286.
  • Locusta bicolor Walker, 1869 (synonym of Hexacentrus horridus Burmeister, 1838) in Kirby, 1906: 222.
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  • Megatympanon speculatum Piza, 1958 in Chamorro-Rengifo, Braun & Lopes-Andrade, 2014: 591, 592, 594.
  • Megatympanon speculatum Piza, 1958 in Mendes, Sobral & Silva-Neto, 2023: 432.

References (14)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Saginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 167, 1–10, pls 1–2. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105423#page/429/mode/1up
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  • 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.
  • Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Braun, H. & Lopes-Andrade, C. (2014) The secret stridulatory file under the right tegmen in katydids (Orthoptera, Ensifera, Tettigonioidea). Zootaxa, 3821(5), 590–596.
  • Fialho, V.S., Chamorro-Rengifo, J., Lopes-Andrade, C. & Yotoko, K.S.C. (2014) Systematics of spiny predatory katydids (Tettigoniidae: Listroscelidinae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest based on morphology and molecular data. PLoS One, 9(8), 1–43. Available at http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0103758
  • 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., Sobral, R. & Silva-Neto, A.M.da (2023) The Austral Predator Katydid—new species of Megatympanon Piza, 1958 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Listroscelidinae: Terpandrini) from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Zootaxa, 5263(3), 430–440.
  • 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. (1958) A primeira espécie neotropical da família "Tympanophoridae" (Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 18(2), 237–241.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1979) Comments on the classification of the orthopteran family Tettigoniidae, with a key to subfamilies and description of two new subfamilies. Australian Journal of Zoology, 27, 991–1013.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2001) The Listroscelidinae, Tympanophorinae, Meconematinae and Microtettigoniinae. In A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne. Vol. 3, 1–524 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=rz6bHWhrbhMC
  • Riek, E.F. (1976) The Australian genus Tympanophora White (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Tympanophorinae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 15, 161–171. Available at http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119646740/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0#ss1
  • Walker, F. (1869) 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

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