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species Catoptropteryx aurita Huxley, 1970

• Common name(s):  Slender Leaf Katydid
• Images: (10) See all images

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• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Common canopy species on most mountain ranges of East Africa.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (9):
  • Huxley. 1970. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 24(5):167   >> Catoptropteryx aurita    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:12669
  • Paul, J. 1995. Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 107(11-12):279   >> Catoptropteryx aurita
  • Hemp, C., Voje, K.-G. Heller & A. Hemp. 2009. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 156:494-506 >> Catoptropteryx aurita
  • Hemp, C. 2013. Zootaxa 3613(4):324 >> Catoptropteryx aurita
  • Hemp, C. 2013. Zootaxa 3737(4):336 >> Catoptropteryx aurita
  • Mungai, C.N. Lange, Muriuki, Ingrisch, Oyieke, Muchai & Lampe. 2013. Bonn Zoological Bulletin Supplementum 60:93-97   >> Note: 1 male paratype >> Catoptropteryx aurita
  • Hemp, C. 2017. Zootaxa 4226(2):163 >> Catoptropteryx aurita
  • Naskrecki & Guta. 2019. Zootaxa 4682(1):76 >> Catoptropteryx aurita
  • Hemp, C. 2021. A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya 267 >> Catoptropteryx aurita
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, South Tropical Africa, Zimbabwe, Lundi
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  TMSA Pretoria Transv.

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