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Taxa hierarchy
supertribe
Pleminiiti
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895
tribe
Pterophyllini
Karny, 1925
genus
Paracyrtophyllus
Caudell, 1906
species
Paracyrtophyllus
excelsus
(Rehn & Hebard, 1914)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5393
Common name(s): Chisos katydid
Images:
specimen
Sound recordings:
Brewster Co., TX, Chisos Mts., cage outdoors, temp. 23.5 degrees C, 14 sec.
Links:
Singing Insects of North America
Macaulay Library
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (6):
Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1914. Entomol. News 25:293 >>
Pterophylla
excelsa
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Hebard. 1941. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 67:203
>>
Paracyrtophyllus
excelsus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5393
Tinkham. 1948[1949]. Am. Midl. Nat. 40:626 >>
Paracyrtophyllus
excelsus
Beier. 1960. Tierreich 74:311 >>
Paracyrtophyllus
excelsus
Beier. 1963. Orthopterorum Catalogus 5:200 >>
Paracyrtophyllus
excelsus
Rivera García. 2006. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 22(3):143
>>
Paracyrtophyllus
excelsus
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Northern America, South-Central U.S.A., Texas, Chisos Mountains, canyon behind Pulliam Bluffs
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: ANSP Philadelphia
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