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Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008

Fuerteventura Sand Grasshopper
Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008: 2012. individual from Fuerteventura. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008: 2012. individual from Fuerteventura. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008: Fig. 2 (reproduced with permission). male, lateral view (holotype). (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008: Fig. 3 (reproduced with permission). male, dorsal view (holotype). (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008: Fig. 4 A (reproduced with permission). pronotum, dorsal view (length: male 2.8-3.1 mm, female 3.9-4.0). (Otu).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Sphingonotus fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008 in Hochkirch & Husemann, 2008: 501.

    Holotype; male; eb793614-13ad-4f11-8007-7dff6a202d2e; deposited at: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK); Fuerteventura, Morretes de Lucas

  • Sphingonotus (Neosphingonotus) fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008 in Benediktov, 2009: 29.
  • Sphingonotus fuerteventurae Husemann, 2008 in Husemann, Deppermann & Hochkirch, 2014

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Benediktov, A.A. (2009) To the taxonomy and bioacoustics of grasshoppers of the genus Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Oedipodinae). Trudy Russkogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva, 80(1), 21–33.
  • 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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