Alectoria superba is a species of Australian bush crickets or katydids in the subfamily Phaneropterinae. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Alectoria.Rentz DCF (1996) Grasshopper Country. The abundant orthopteroid insects of Australia CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1-284 The genus is placed in the genus group Ephippithytae; both genus and species were described in 1879 by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl.Brunner von Wattenwyl C (1879) Jour. Mus. Godeffr. 14.
Species The Orthoptera Species FileOrthoptera Species File: genus Alectoria Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879 (Version 5.0/5.0; retrieved 21 June 2023) includes the single species Alectoria superba (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1879), which is sometimes called the "Australian crested katydid"; the type locality is Peak Downs, Queensland.
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