Raggeana bodenheimeri PENER, BROZA & AYAL, 1971

Husemann, Martin, Guershon, Moshe, Weinstein, Amir & Dorchin, Netta, 2024, Type catalogue of the Orthoptera collection in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv University, Israel, Zootaxa 5468 (3), pp. 449-467 : 462-463

26. Raggeana bodenheimeri PENER, BROZA & AYAL, 1971

Fig. 6a, b

Pener, M. P., Broza, M. & Ayal, Y. (1971) A new genus of Decticinae ( Orthoptera : Tettigoniidae ) from the Middle East. Journal of Entomology, 40, 179-183.

Plesioallotype ♀: “ Raggeana bodenheimeri (Uv.) / det. M. P. Pener, 1970 / (gen. in description) // Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel / Department of Entomology / Loc: Tel Hay / Date: 1.6.69 / Col: Ayal // OR. 11.401 // Plesioallotype // SMNH-TAUI / 400511”

Type Series: Holotype ♂.

Current status: Valid species.

Remarks: This species was originally described as Metrioptera bodenheimeri, Uvarov 1921 and subsequently moved to the new genus Raggeana , for which this specimen was used in the description and illustration.

Figures

FIGURE 6: Plesioallotype of Raggeana bodenheimeri (a, b—dorsal, lateral, labels); Holotype of Rhacocleis ayali (c, d— dorsal, lateral, labels).