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Vitticatantops humeralis (Thunberg, 1815)

Vitticatantops humeralis (Thunberg, 1815): female, lateral view (Acridium capicola). (Otu).
Vitticatantops humeralis (Thunberg, 1815): female, lateral view (Acridium capicola). (Otu).
Vitticatantops humeralis (Thunberg, 1815): female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501940; d4f42aca-090b-48a2-b30d-6b16bcae480d: male, latera view (paralectotype of Vitticatantops capicola). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501940; d4f42aca-090b-48a2-b30d-6b16bcae480d: male, frontal view (paralectotype of Vitticatantops capicola). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501940; d4f42aca-090b-48a2-b30d-6b16bcae480d: male, dorsal view (paralectotype of Vitticatantops capicola). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501940; d4f42aca-090b-48a2-b30d-6b16bcae480d: labels (paralectotype of Vitticatantops capicola). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (29)

  • Gryllus humeralis Thunberg, 1815: 255.

    Holotype; female; 4bc28f17-5240-4cd1-86b7-5d5139423237; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); unknown

  • Acridium (Catantops) capicola Stål, 1861: 331.
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  • Catantops humeralis (Thunberg, 1815) in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 106.
  • Vitticatantops humeralis (Thunberg, 1815) in Pronk, Pryke, Samways & Bazelet, 2017

Nomenclature references (19)

  • Dirsh, V.M. & Uvarov, B.P. (1953) Preliminary diagnoses of new genera and new synonymy in Acrididae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 96, 231–237. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89813#page/259/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Preliminary revision of the genus Catantops Schaum and review of the group Catantopini (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 28, 11–151.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1984) The alate genera of east African Catantopinae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) including revision of the genus Catantops Schaum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 110(3), 295–387.
  • Jago, N.D. (1994) Review of the African genera Catantops Schaum 1853, Hadrolecocatantops Jago 1984, and Vitticatantops Sjostedt 1931 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 3, 69–85.
  • Johnsen, P. (1991) Acrididae: Catantopinae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Acridinae. The Acridoidea of Botswana, 2, 132–284.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. IX. Die Orthopterenfauna des ägyptischen Sudans und von Nord-Uganda (Saltatoria, Gressoria, Dermaptera) mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Acridoideengattung Catantops. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (Abt. 1), 116, 267–378. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31621#page/307/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1900) Vorarbeiten zu einer Orthopterologie Ostafrika's II. Einige Gattungen Feldheuschrecken, Acridodea. Entomologische Nachrichten, 26, 274–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42207#page/290/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1902) List of a small collection of orthopterous insects formed by Sir Harry Johnston in British East Africa and Uganda in 1899 and 1900, with descriptions of five new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1902(1), 93–101. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98524#page/131/mode/1up
  • Picker, M., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. (2005) In Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa. 444 pp.
  • Pronk, B.M., Pryke, J.S., Samways, M.J. & Bazelet, C.S. (2017) Range restricted grasshoppers better conserved in a terrestrial zone than in a riparian zone. Journal of Insect Conservation, 21(1), 97–109. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10841-017-9957-3
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1929) Acridiodea aus Zentralafrika gesammelt von R. Grauer während seiner Expedition 1909-1911. Arkiv för Zoologi, 20 A(15), 1–41.
  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Thunberg, C.P. (1815) Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 5, 211–301. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5woZAAAAYAAJ
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich

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