| Alectoria superba | |
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| Alectoria superba | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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Hectoria pontoni Tepper, 1892 | |
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. The genus is placed in the genus group Ephippithytae; both genus and species were described in 1879 by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl.
Species
The Orthoptera Species File 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
- 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
- Rentz DCF (1996) Grasshopper Country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1-284
- ^ Orthoptera Species File: genus Alectoria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 June 2023)
- Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1879) Jour. Mus. Godeffr. 14.
External links
- Images at iNaturalist
Data related to Alectoria (Animalia) at Wikispecies
Media related to Alectoria (insects) at Wikimedia Commons- 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.
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| Alectoria superba |
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| Alectoria |
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