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species Phricta spinosa Redtenbacher, 1892

• Common name(s):  Giant Spiny Forest katydid
• Images: (9) See all images
• Distribution:
  •  Daintree and Atherton Tableland region of Queensland
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Redtenbacher. 1892. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 42:189, 192   >> Phricta spinosa    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4941
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:355   >> Phricta spinosa
  • Caudell. 1916. Genera Insectorum 171:5   >> Phricta spinosa
  • Beier. 1966. Orthopterorum Catalogus 9:306 >> Phricta spinosa
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson. 1979. CSIRO Entomol. Tech. Paper 15:6 >> Phricta spinosa
  • Otte, D. 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:101 >> Phricta spinosa
  • Rentz, D.C.F., Y. Su & Ueshima. 2005. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 131(1):135 >> Note: redescription >> Phricta spinosa
  • Naskrecki. 2005. The Smaller Majority 77 >> Phricta spinosa
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 2010. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia 145   >> Phricta spinosa
  • Wilson, G.W. & D.C.F. Rentz. 2016. Australian Entomologist 43(1):1-4 >> Phricta spinosa
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia, Queensland
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  NMW Vienna Museum

• synonym redtenbacheri (Brancsik, 1897)

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