Neduba extincta Rentz, 1977

Antioch Dunes shieldback katydid

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Conservation Status

Extinct

Last record: 1 July 1937

IUCN RedList status: Extinct

"In the 1960's, Dave Rentz was revising the Dectininae crickets when he came across a specimen of an apparently new species of the Neduba genus that had lain unidentified in a museums collections since the late 1930's. Its large size, differently shaped pronotum, and other characteristics were unique. Despite several large scale field excursions to California's Antioch Dunes (which have been largely blown and hauled away) it has never again been recorded. Rentz pronounced it gone and named it 'extincta'."

Source: http://home.earthlink.net/~misaak/taxMisc.html

Distribution

Antioch Dunes, California, USA

Biology & Ecology

Hypodigm

Only known from the holotype:

CAS 12,987 (catalogue number as reported in the original description. May have changed accession number or institution since then). Can be seen here: http://sardisandstamm.wordpress.com/about-the-wildlife/dune-insects/

Media

References

Original scientific description:

Rentz, Dave C. F. (1977). A new and apparently extinct katydid from Antioch sand dunes. Entomological News 88: 241-245.

Other references:

Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (eds). 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. pp. 378. International Union for Conservation of Nature, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

Groombridge, B. (ed.). 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (1996). Neduba extincta. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 26 December 2011.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1996. Neduba extincta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1996: e.T14483A4438208. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T14483A4438208.en. Accessed on 02 July 2022.

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