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  subfamily Listroscelidinae Redtenbacher, 1891
tribe Terpandrini Gorochov, 1990
genus Neobarrettia Rehn, 1901

species Neobarrettia spinosa (Caudell, 1907)

• Common name(s):  greater arid-land katydid
• Images: (5) See all images
  • male, lateral view (holotype); specimen
  • male stridulatory apparatus (holotype); specimen
  • female, lateral view (USA, Texas, Bexar Co.)
• Sound recordings:
  • Brewster Co., TX, Chisos Mts., cage outdoors, temp. 23.5 degrees C, 24 sec.
• Links:
  • Singing Insects of North America
• Distribution:
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• Specimen data are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Caudell. 1907. Proc. U.S. Nation. Mus. 32:307 >> Rehnia spinosa
  • Caudell & Hebard. 1912. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 64:157-168 >> Note: Note on type
  • Tinkham. 1944. Am. Midl. Nat. 31(2):281 >> Note: Mention
  • Cohn. 1957. Occasional papers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 588:1-16 >> Rehnia spinosa  
  • Cohn. 1965. Misc. Publ. Univ. Mich. Mus. Zool. 126:29 >> Neobarrettia spinosa  
  • Capinera, R.D. Scott & T.J. Walker. 2004. Field Guide to Grasshoppers, Katydids, and Crickets of the United States 190, Plate 42 >> Neobarrettia spinosa
  • Rivera García. 2006. Acta Zool. Mex. (n.s.) 22(3):144 >> Neobarretia spinosa  
  • Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez. 2008. Chapulines, Langostas, Grillos y Esperanzas de México. Guía fotográfica - Grasshoppers, Locusts, Crickets & Katydids of Mexico. Photographic guide 72 >> Neobarrettia spinosa
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Northern America, South-Central U.S.A., Texas
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Sex of type:  male
  • Location of type:  USNM Washington

• synonym cerberus (Rehn & Hebard, 1920)