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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) insularis (Popov, 1957)

Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) insularis (Popov, 1957): Fig. 24. female head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) insularis (Popov, 1957): Fig. 24. female head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) insularis (Popov, 1957): Fig. 25. male supra-anal plate. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) insularis (Popov, 1957): Fig. 26. male hind femur. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1519587; 8c061f18-8351-4fa7-a880-f5309901c5ad: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519587; 8c061f18-8351-4fa7-a880-f5309901c5ad: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519587; 8c061f18-8351-4fa7-a880-f5309901c5ad: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519587; 8c061f18-8351-4fa7-a880-f5309901c5ad: female, head frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Wernerella insularis Popov, 1957 in Uvarov & Popov, 1957: 377.

    Holotype; female; 8c061f18-8351-4fa7-a880-f5309901c5ad; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Limestone plateau, S. of Ras Karma

  • Wernerella insularis Popov, 1957 in Johnston, 1968: 332.
  • Sphingonotus insularis (Popov, 1957) in Massa, 2009: 57.
  • Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) insularis (Popov, 1957) in Felix, Bouwman, Odé, Ketelaar, Pham & Bailey, 2025: 83.

References (4)

  • Felix, R., Bouwman, J., Odé, B., Ketelaar, R., Pham, D.M. & Bailey, J. (2025) The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae). Contributions to Entomology, 75(1), 21–166. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Massa, B. (2009) New and less known Orthoptera (Insecta) from the island of Socotra (Yemen). Zootaxa, 2132, 53–64. Available at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/zt02132p064.pdf
  • Uvarov, B.P. & Popov, G.B. (1957) The saltatorial Orthoptera of Socotra. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 43, 359–389.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Of or pertaining to an island.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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