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species Austrodontura capensis (Walker, 1869)

• Common name(s):  Cape Flightless Katydid
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• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. On low vegetation at edges of thickets within montane grassland, woodland and forest.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (6):
  • Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2:242   >> Odontura capensis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:12595
  • Karsch. 1889[1888]. Berlin Ent. Z. 32:419   >> Odontura capensis
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:387   >> Odontura capensis
  • Ragge. 1968. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 22(3):91   >> Odontura capensis
  • Fontana & Buzzetti. 2004. Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 82(2):452 >> Austrodontura capensis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:12594
  • Naskrecki & Bazelet. 2011. Zootaxa 2873:54 >> Note: redescription >> Austrodontura capensis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

• synonym raggei Fontana & Buzzetti, 2004

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