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Omocestus (Dirshius) africanus Harz, 1970

Nomenclature (6)

  • Omocestus raymondi africanus Harz, 1970: 59.

    Holotype; male; 78ae3e5c-0b30-49c9-87f0-870d8df2d298; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Morocco: Arround

  • Omocestus raymondi africanus Harz, 1970 in La Greca, 1994: 211.
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  • Omocestus africanus Harz, 1970 in Hollier & Bruckner, 2015: 196.
  • Omocestus (Dirshius) africanus Harz, 1970 in Storozhenko & Lapteva, 2023: 25.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Harz, K. (1970) Orthopterologische Beiträge 8. Nachrichtblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen, 19, 56–59.
  • Hollier, J.A. & Bruckner, H. (2015) An annotated list of the orthopteroid insects described by Kurt Harz, with an account of the type specimens held in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 122(2), 185–200. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/274312#page/11/mode/1up
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  • La Greca, M. (1994) Ortotteri italiani nuovi o poco noti. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 72, 211–220.
  • Massa, B. (2009) Annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Libya. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 75–93. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0109
  • Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2012) In Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna. Vol. 48, 563 pp.
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. & Lapteva, S.V. (2023) To the knowledge of the genus Omocestus I. Bolivar, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 94, 23–26. [in Russian]

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to distribution in northern Africa.

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