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					Identification | 
			
			
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							| Current:  | 
							species Platydecticus pheroxiphus Rentz & Gurney, 1985 | 
						 
						
							| Historical:  | 
							Platydecticus pheroxiphus; holotype of species Platydecticus pheroxiphus Rentz & Gurney, 1985; cited by Rentz, D.C.F. & Gurney. 1985. The shield-backed katydids of South America (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniinae) and a new tribe of Conocephalinae with genera in Chile and Australia. Entomologica Scandinavica. 16(1):69-119 | 
						 
					 
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				| Specimen | 
			
			
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				Basis of record: not specified Counts: males 1 Depository: UMMZ, Ann Arbor Data source: not recorded Other: no data | 
			
			
				| Locality | 
			
			
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				Southern South America, Chile Central, Coquimbo: Divisadero, near Los Mantos; S 30.833377, W 71.248244; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
			
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				January 01, 1968 to January 31, 1968 | 
			
			
				| Images      
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				  male, lateral view (holotype)
   male, dorsal view (holotype) | 
			
			
				| Sounds      
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				None | 
			
			
				| Ecological relationships      
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				None | 
			
			
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