Alectoria superba

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Alectoria superba is a species of Australian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Alectoria.[2][3] The genus is placed in the genus group Ephippithytae; both genus and species were described in 1879 by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl.[4]

Alectoria superba
Alectoria superba (centre)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Family: Tettigoniidae
Subfamily: Phaneropterinae
Genus: Alectoria
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879
Species:
A. superba
Binomial name
Alectoria superba
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879
Synonyms

Hectoria pontoni Tepper, 1892[1]

Species

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The Orthoptera Species File[3] includes the single species Alectoria superba (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879), which is sometimes called the "Australian crested katydid"; the type locality is Peak Downs, Queensland.

References

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  1. ^ Tepper JGO (1892) The Phaneropteridae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (Trans. R. Soc. S. Australia) 15: 77-113
  2. ^ Rentz DCF (1996) Grasshopper Country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1-284
  3. ^ a b Orthoptera Species File: genus Alectoria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 June 2023)
  4. ^ Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1879) Jour. Mus. Godeffr. 14.
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  • Roskov Y, Kunze T, Orrell T, Abucay L, Paglinawan L, Culham A, Bailly N, Kirk P, Bourgoin T, Baillargeon G, Decock W, De Wever A (2014). Didžiulis V (ed.). "Search all names - Results for "Alectoria superba"". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist. Reading, UK: Species 2000.</ref>