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species Catoptropteryx punctulata Karsch, 1890

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  specimen

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (11):
  • Karsch. 1890. Entom. Nachricht. 16:260   >> Catoptropteryx punctulata    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:12652
  • Bolívar, I. 1902. Term. Fuzetek 25:186   >> Caedicia punctulata    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:76242
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:415   >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
  • Griffini. 1908. Mem. Soc. entom. Belgique, Bruxelles 15:205   >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
  • Ragge. 1968. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 22(3):81   >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
  • Huxley. 1970. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 24(5):161   >> Note: redescription >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
  • Leroy. 1970. C.R. hebd. Seanc. Acad. Sci. 270:97 >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
  • Naskrecki. 2009. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 50:36   >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
  • Massa. 2013. Jour. Orth. Res. 22(2):128   >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
  • Massa, Annoyer, C. Perez, Danflous & Duvot. 2020. Zootaxa 4780(3):418 >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
  • Massa. 2021. Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 57(1):58 >> Catoptropteryx punctulata
• Scrutiny:
  • Braun, 2012, Karsch (1890) described a female and Huxley (1970) mentions a female holotype. So the male specimen in the holotype's specimen vial seems to be there by mistake. Possibly only the photographs of the specimen have been confused.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Cameroon, Kribi
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  MfN

• synonym maculipennis Karsch, 1896

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