Austrodontura

Naskrecki, Piotr & Bazelet, Corinna S., 2011, A revision of the South African katydid genus Austrodontura Fontana & Buzzetti (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae), Zootaxa 2873, pp. 51-59 : 58

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.204801

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6189877

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0079A63E-3748-2A36-FF72-F98351FA0EF5

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scientific name

Austrodontura
status

 

? Austrodontura sp.

A single female specimen from the collection of the Iziko South African Museum differs from other known specimens of the genus Austrodontura in having only 1 pair of ventral apical spurs on the apex of the hind tibia. It also lacks discernible ocelli and its fastigium of vertex possesses a distinct longitudinal groove. In other respects this specimen closely resembles A. capensis . It is likely that the specimen represents a distinct species of this or a related genus, but we abstain from describing it until more material becomes available.

Material examined (1 specimens). Republic of South Africa: Western Cape, Central Karoo DC, Meirings Poort, (33°24'S, 22°33'0''E), ii.1932, coll. K.H. Barnard— 1 female ( SAMC).

SAMC

Iziko Museums of Cape Town

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Phaneropteridae

SubFamily

Phaneropterinae

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Phaneropteridae

SubFamily

Phaneropterinae

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