Orthoptera Species File
species

Pterochroza ocellata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Peacock Katydid
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CollectionObject 1539713; 0dd031b6-9c35-4e15-9452-30c3cf2ede75, MNHN-EO-ENSIF735: male habitus, lateral view (holotype of Pterochroza maculata). (CollectionObject).
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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

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Referring to eye spots on hind wings.

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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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