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Schistocerca centralis Dirsh, 1974

Schistocerca centralis Dirsh, 1974: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Schistocerca centralis Dirsh, 1974: male, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1565727; 895c871d-d2a4-43bc-8948-f80559dc1132: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565727; 895c871d-d2a4-43bc-8948-f80559dc1132: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565727; 895c871d-d2a4-43bc-8948-f80559dc1132: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565728; b872076a-6a6d-423a-a1e7-52e518c733d5: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565728; b872076a-6a6d-423a-a1e7-52e518c733d5: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565728; b872076a-6a6d-423a-a1e7-52e518c733d5: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565728; b872076a-6a6d-423a-a1e7-52e518c733d5: female, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565728; b872076a-6a6d-423a-a1e7-52e518c733d5: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Schistocerca centralis Dirsh, 1974: 87.

    Holotype; male; 2044544f-d3a9-43a1-a9e4-4be4879b2f41; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Nicaragua: Pochomil, near Managua

  • Schistocerca centralis Dirsh, 1974 in Weidner, 1977: 98.
  • Schistocerca centralis Dirsh, 1974 in Maes, 1998: 111.
  • Schistocerca centralis Dirsh, 1974 in Rowell, 2013: 192.

References (4)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1974) Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica, 10, 238 pp.
  • Maes, J.-M. (1998) Insectos de Nicaragua. Museo Entomológico de León, Vol. 1, 500 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society, 611 pp.
  • Weidner, H. (1977) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Instituts und Zoologischen Museums der Universität Hamburg, XIV. (letzter) Teil, Insecta XI. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 74, 77–138. Available at http://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/sammlungen/zoologie/entomologie/typenkatalog/weidner-1977-nachtraege-insecta.pdf

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