Alectoria superba
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| Alectoria superba | |
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| Alectoria superba | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Genus: | Alectoria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879 |
| Species: | A. superba
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| Binomial name | |
| Alectoria superba Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879
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Alectoria superba is a species of Australian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Alectoria.[2][3] The genus is placed in the genus group Ephippithytae; both genus and species were described in 1879 by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl.[4]
Species
The Orthoptera Species File[3] includes the single species Alectoria superba (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879), which is sometimes called the "Australian crested katydid"; the type locality is Peak Downs, Queensland.
References
- ↑ Tepper JGO (1892) The Phaneropteridae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (Trans. R. Soc. S. Australia) 15: 77-113
- ↑ Rentz DCF (1996) Grasshopper Country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1-284
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Orthoptera Species File: genus Alectoria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 June 2023)
- ↑ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1879) Jour. Mus. Godeffr. 14.
External links
- Images at iNaturalist
- File:Wikispecies-logo.svg Data related to Alectoria (Animalia) at Wikispecies
- File:Commons-logo.svg Media related to Alectoria (insects) at Wikimedia Commons
- Roskov Y, Kunze T, Orrell T, Abucay L, Paglinawan L, Culham A, Bailly N, Kirk P, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Decock W, De Wever A (2014). Didžiulis V (ed.). "Search all names - Results for "Alectoria superba"". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist. Reading, UK: Species 2000.
