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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: species Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956
Historical: Parasphena kulalensis; holotype of species Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956; cited by Kevan, D.K.M. 1956. Flightless African genera of pyrgomorphine grasshoppers allied, or superficially similar, to Parasphena I. Bolivar, 1884, and Pyrgomorphella I. Bolivar, 1904, with description of certain new forms. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 29:109-133
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, Kenya: Mt. Kulal; N 2.583300, E 36.916700; 1676 to 1981 meters; Modern (is included in map)
Collecting event
October 01, 1947 to October 31, 1947; J.G. Williams
Images      
male, lateral view (holotype; body length 23.5 mm, 4.6 mm, hind femur 12.6 mm), Fig. 1 E
male, dorsal view (holoptype), Fig. 1 D
male, lateral view (holotype)
male, dorsal view (holotype)
labels (holotype)
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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