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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rugosus (Bland & Gangwere, 1998)

Rugose Sand Grasshopper
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rugosus (Bland & Gangwere, 1998): individual from Lanzarote. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) rugosus (Bland & Gangwere, 1998): individual from Lanzarote. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1499476; 5f8313a2-f7af-4a82-a8c1-027be751f33e: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1499476; 5f8313a2-f7af-4a82-a8c1-027be751f33e: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1499476; 5f8313a2-f7af-4a82-a8c1-027be751f33e: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Wernerella rugosa Bland & Gangwere, 1998: 23.

    Holotype; male; 5f8313a2-f7af-4a82-a8c1-027be751f33e; deposited at: University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology (UMMZ); Spain: Islas Canarias: Fuerteventura, Tetir

  • Sphingonotus rugosus (Bland & Gangwere, 1998) in Hochkirch & Husemann, 2008
  • Sphingonotus rugosus (Bland & Gangwere, 1998) in Husemann, Deppermann & Hochkirch, 2014

References (3)

  • Bland, R.G. & Gangwere, S.K. (1998) A new species of Wernerella Karny (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) from the Canary Islands, Spain. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 7, 23–28.
  • Hochkirch, A. & Husemann, M. (2008) A review of the Canarian Sphingonotini with description of a new species from Fuerteventura (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Zoological Studies, 47(4), 495–506. Available at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/47.4/495.pdf
  • Husemann, M., Deppermann, J. & Hochkirch, A. (2014) Multiple independent colonization of the Canary Islands by the winged grasshopper genus Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 81, 174–181.

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