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Pterochroza ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Peacock Katydid

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Type specimen

Holotype; female; d80f4450-b340-46c8-8ec1-98bf39409069; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); South America

Nomenclature (78)

  • Gryllus (Tettigonia) ocellatus Linnaeus, 1758: 429.

    Holotype; female; d80f4450-b340-46c8-8ec1-98bf39409069; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); South America

  • Locusta siccifolia De Geer, 1773: 438.

    Holotype; male; c5ce47a1-5256-4065-8ed8-a1e0b3b0ca25; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Surinam

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  • Pterochroza ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) in Chamorro-Rengifo & Lopes-Andrade, 2014
  • Pterochroza ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758) in Xiberras & Ducaud, 2020: 22, 200, 246.

Nomenclature references (36)

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Descendants and synonyms

  • Pterochroza ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)
    • =Pterochroza bouvieri Vignon, 1922
    • =Pterochroza carbonescens Vignon, 1922
    • =Pterochroza infestata Vignon, 1922
    • =Pterochroza lineata Vignon, 1922
    • =Pterochroza maculata Vignon, 1925
    • =Pterochroza marginata Vignon, 1922
    • =Pterochroza mollis Vignon, 1922
    • =Pterochroza nimia Vignon, 1922
    • =Locusta pavonina Lichtenstein, 1796
    • =Locusta siccifolia De Geer, 1773
    • =Pterochroza stolli Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895
    • =Pterochroza uniexcisa Vignon, 1923
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveocellatus, ocellata, ocellatum
Etymology:

Referring to eye spots on hind wings.

Pterochroza ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)

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