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species Zabalius ophthalmicus (Walker, 1869)

• Common name(s):  Blue-legged Sylvan Katydid
• Images: (36) See all images
• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Canopy of lowland to submontane forests.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (12):
  • Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2:400   >> Pseudophyllus ophthalmicus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5829
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:292   >> Note: synonym >> Zabalius aridus
  • Beier. 1954. Revision der Pseudophyllinen 29 >> Note: synonym >> Zabalius aridus
  • Beier. 1957. Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 55:52 >> Zabalius ophthalmicus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:5828
  • de Jong, C. 1960. Zoologische Verhandelingen 45:5   >> Zabalius ophthalmicus
  • Beier. 1962. Tierreich 73:14 >> Zabalius ophthalmicus
  • Beier. 1963. Orthopterorum Catalogus 5:7 >> Zabalius ophthalmicus
  • Hemp, C. 2013. Zootaxa 3613(4):332 >> Zabalius ophthalmicus
  • Hemp, C. 2013. Zootaxa 3737(4):346 >> Zabalius ophthalmicus
  • Hemp, C. 2017. Zootaxa 4226(2):180 >> Zabalius ophthalmicus
  • Naskrecki & Guta. 2019. Zootaxa 4682(1):53 >> Zabalius ophthalmicus
  • Hemp, C. 2021. A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya 404 >> Zabalius ophthalmicus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

• synonym bocagei (Bolívar, 1890)
• synonym orientalis (Karsch, 1891)

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