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species Arytropteris granulithorax Péringuey, 1916

• Common name(s):  East Coast Flat-necked Shieldback
• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Found mostly in dense, shady forest vegetation.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Péringuey. 1916. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 15(6):441   >> Arytropteris granulithorax    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4040
  • Uvarov. 1928. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 25(2):343   >> Arytropteris granulithorax
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 1988. Invertebr. Taxon. 2(2):240 >> Arytropteris granulithorax
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, Cape Province, Eastern Cape Province, Port St. John
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  SAMC Cape Town

• synonym excisa Péringuey, 1916
• synonym musicus (Péringuey, 1916)

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