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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: subspecies Parasphena meruensis meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910
Historical: Parasphena meruensis; syntype of subspecies Parasphena meruensis meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910; cited by Sjöstedt. 1910[1909]. 17. Orthoptera. 7. Acridiodea. In Sjöstedt [Ed.]. Abteilung 15-22. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. 3:149-199
Parasphena meruensis; paralectotype of subspecies Parasphena meruensis meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910; cited by Kevan, D.K.M.; Akbar & Y.C. Chang. 1975[1973]. The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth.: Acridoidea). Part VI. (Conclusion). Tribes Pyrgomorphini and Chrotogonini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología. 49:131-218
Specimen
Basis of record: not specified
Counts: males 1
Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.
Data source: not recorded
Other: no data
Locality
East Tropical Africa, Tanzania: Meru plains; S 3.254114, E 36.720578; Modern (is included in map)
Collecting event
[no data recorded]
Images      
male, lateral view (paralectotype)
male, dorsal view (paralectotype)
labels (paralectotype)
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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