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species Alectoria superba Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879

• Common name(s):  Australian Crested Katydid
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• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1879. Jour. Mus. Godeffr. 14:196   >> Alectoria superba    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:12044
  • Tepper. 1889. Entom. Nachricht. 15:324   >> Note: [subsequently described as Hectoria pontoni Tepper 1990] >> Alectoria superba
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl. 1891. Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien 41:96   >> Alectoria superba
  • Tepper. 1892. Trans. R. Soc. S. Australia 15:87   >> Alectoria superba
  • Froggatt. 1904. Agric. Gaz. N. S. Wales 15:734 >> Alectoria superba
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:413   >> Alectoria superba
  • Weidner. 1966. Mitt. Hamburg. zool. Mus. Inst. 63:236   >> Note: holotype missing >> Alectoria superba
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson. 1979. CSIRO Entomol. Tech. Paper 15:12 >> Alectoria superba
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 1996. Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia 111 Pl.145 >> Alectoria superba
  • Rentz, D.C.F. 2010. A Guide to the Katydids of Australia 159   >> Alectoria superba
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Australasia, Australia, Queensland, Peak Downs
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Status of type:  lost
  • Location of type:  ZMUH Hamburg

• synonym pontoni (Tepper, 1890)

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