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genus Rhachidorus Herman, 1874

• Common name(s):  Grass Shield-backs
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (8):
  • Herman, O. 1874. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 24:197, 203   >> Rhachidorus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:3865
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1893. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 2 13(33):187   >> Rhachidorus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:190   >> Rhachidorus
  • Caudell. 1908. Genera Insectorum 72:8   >> Rhachidorus
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson. 1979. CSIRO Entomol. Tech. Paper 15:4 >> Note: Decticinae >> Rhachidorus
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 1985. A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia 1:139 >> Rhachidorus
  • Otte, D. 1997. Orthoptera Species File 7:265 >> Rhachidorus
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 2010. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia 132   >> Rhachidorus
• Type species:  Rhachidorus marginatus Herman, O., by original monotypy
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

• species blackdownensis Rentz, 1985
• species longipennis Rentz, 1985
• species marginatus Herman, 1874
• species semoni Krauss, 1902

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