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Identification |
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| Current: |
species Afrosphena gracilis Kevan, 1956 |
| Historical: |
Afrosphena gracilis; allotype of species Afrosphena gracilis 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 |
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| Specimen |
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Basis of record: not specified
Counts: females 1
Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.
Data source: 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
Other: no data |
| Locality |
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South Tropical Africa, Zimbabwe: Vumba Mountains; S 19.083764, E 32.751083; Modern (is included in map) |
| Collecting event |
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December 01, 1945 to December 31, 1945; N.C.E. Miller |
| Images
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 female, lateral view (allotype) (body length 22.5 mm, pronotum 4.2 mm, tegmen 3.9 mm, hind femur 11 mm), Fig. 8 D
 female, dorsal view (allotype), Fig. 8 C |
| Sounds
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None |
| Ecological relationships
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None |
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