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Issue: Vol. 2873 No. 1: 10 May. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-05-10
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2873.1.4
Page range: 51–59
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 1

A revision of the South African katydid genus Austrodontura Fontana & Buzzetti (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae)

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, 26 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
University of Stellenbosch, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, JS Marais Building, Victoria St., Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
Orthoptera South African katydids Phaneropterinae Austrodontura

Abstract

The South African genus Austrodontura Fontana & Buzzetti of brachypterous katydids is revised. A. capensis (Walker, 1869) is redescribed and A. castletoni sp. n. from the Eastern Cape Province is described, A. raggei Fontanta & Buzzetti is considered a junior synonym of A. capensis. Acoustic behavior of A. castletoni is described.

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