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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: species Afrosphena fusiformis Kevan, 1956
Historical: Afrosphena fusiformis; allotype of species Afrosphena fusiformis 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: females 1
Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.
Data source: not recorded
Other: no data
Locality
East Tropical Africa, Tanzania: Mpwapwa, Kibariani Mountains; S 6.281400, E 36.475900; 1829 meters; Modern (is included in map)
Collecting event
June 20, 1947; E.D. Burtt
Images      
female, lateral view (allotype) (body length 30 mm, pronotum 6.3 mm, tegmen 4.5 mm, hind femur 13.5 mm), Fig. 7 D
female, dorsal view (allotype), Fig. 7 C
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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