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  subfamily Phaneropterinae Burmeister, 1838
tribe Odonturini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
genus Dichopetala Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878

species Dichopetala brevihastata Morse, 1902

• Nomenclatural details:   Nomen novum (Junior homonym is brevicauda)
• Common name(s):  common short-winged katydid
• Images: (8) See all images
  • male (type of Dichopetala brevicauda Scudder) ; specimen
  • male cerci (type of Dichopetala brevicauda Scudder) ; specimen
  • male pronotum and wings (type of Dichopetala brevicauda Scudder) ; specimen
• Sound recordings:
  • Howard Co., TX, cage outdoors, temp. 21.8 degrees C, 20 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Morse. 1902. Psyche 9(316):381 >> Dichopetala brevihastata
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:388  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1907. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 59:56  
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1909. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 61:167
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard. 1914. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 66:105  
  • Ferreira, A., A. Mesa & Biazetti. 1976. Stud. ent., N.S. (Petrop.) 19(1-4):556 >> Note: misspelling >> Dichopetala brevihasta
  • Mesa, A. & A. Ferreira. 1977. Entomol. News 88:99-103
  • Warchalowska-Sliwa. 1998. Folia biologica (Krakow) 46:156
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 168, Plate 35 >> Dichopetala brevihastata
  • Rivera García. 2006. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 22(3):143 >> Dichopetala brevihastata  

• synonym brevicauda Scudder, 1902
• synonym laevis Rehn, 1907