Holochlora japonica, the Japanese broadwinged katydid, is a species of katydid or bush cricket native to eastern Asia in the large subfamily Phaneropterinae.[1]
| Holochlora japonica | |
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| In Tokyo, Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Orthoptera |
| Suborder: | Ensifera |
| Family: | Tettigoniidae |
| Subfamily: | Phaneropterinae |
| Genus: | Holochlora |
| Species: | H. japonica
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| Binomial name | |
| Holochlora japonica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Holochlora nawae Matsumura & Shiraki, 1908 | |
The Japanese broadwinged katydid was first described in 1878 by Swiss entomologist Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl in his Monographie der Phaneropteriden.[2] The type locality is in Japan.[2]
Description
editIt is a medium sized bush cricket with a green body: the length of the type specimen, a male, is 21 mm (0.83 in). The ovipositor of females is darkened at the tip, with black, serrated lines on the sides.
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References
edit- ^ a b Cigliano, M. M.; Braun, H.; Eades, D. C.; Otte, D. "species Holochlora japonica Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878". orthoptera.speciesfile.org. Orthoptera Species File. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ a b Brunner von Wattenwyl (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien (Verh. der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellsch. Wien) 28: 1-401, pl. 1-8