NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Greater Bark Katydid
Cymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Cymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870)
- Name authority
- (Walker, 1870)
- Common name
- Greater Bark Katydid
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Tettigoniidae
- Genus
- Cymatomerella
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: yes. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderOrthoptera Olivier, 1789
- suborderEnsifera Chopard, 1921
- infraorderTettigoniidea Kevan, 1982
- superfamilyTettigonioidea Krauss, 1902
- familyTettigoniidae Krauss, 1902
- subfamilyPseudophyllinae Burmeister, 1838
- supertribePseudophylliti Burmeister, 1838
- tribeCymatomerini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895
- genusCymatomerella Beier, 1954
- speciesCymatomerella spilophora (Walker, 1870)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Cymatomera brancsiki Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1895 | synonym |
| Cymatomera cornuta Sjöstedt, 1913 Sjöstedt, 1913 | synonym |
| Cymatomera spilophora Walker, 1870 Walker, 1870 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
MOZ
TAN
ZAM
TVL-MP
TVL-NP
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3362L. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.