Species info
Classification > Family Tettigoniidae > Subfamily Tettigoniinae > Genus Platydecticus
Platydecticus angustifrons Chopard, 1951
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
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  • Argentina
    • Mendoza
    • Neuquén
    • Río Negro
Other distribution
 
Observations
Tiny high-mountain katydid. Photos of type specimens are available on Orthoptera Species File (see link below). 7-11 mm.
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References
  • GURNEY, A.B. & LIEBERMANN, J. 1975. A new species of shield-backed katydid from Cerro Aconcagua, Argentina, with notes on other species and their habitats (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Decticinae). Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 65(3):102-107:102.
  • RENTZ, D.C.F. & GURNEY, A.B. 1985. The shield-backed katydids of South America (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae, Tettigoniinae) and a new tribe of Conocephalinae with genera in Chile and Australia. Entomologica Scandinavica 16(1):69-119:97.
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