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Peringuey's Seedpod Shieldback
Thoracistus peringueyi
Thoracistus peringueyi, the Peringuey's seedpod shieldback, is a species of katydid in the family Tettigoniidae. The species is endemic to South Africa, and is listed as critically endangered (possibly extinct). It is only known from a male and female specimen that were collected prior to 1879 from a location in Lydenburg district.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 434440.