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Sphodromerus marmaricus Capra, 1929

CollectionObject 1506855; ab93e295-a5d2-49ed-8329-1c86906898c9: female, left lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506855; ab93e295-a5d2-49ed-8329-1c86906898c9: female, left lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506855; ab93e295-a5d2-49ed-8329-1c86906898c9: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506855; ab93e295-a5d2-49ed-8329-1c86906898c9: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Sphodromerus marmaricus Capra, 1929: 146.

    Holotype; female; ab93e295-a5d2-49ed-8329-1c86906898c9; deposited at: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" (MCSN); Libya: Cyrenaica: Bardia

  • Sphodromerus marmaricus Capra, 1929 in Uvarov, 1943: 78.
  • Sphodromerus marmaricus Capra, 1929 in Johnston, 1956: 456.
  • Sphodromerus marmaricus Capra, 1929 in Dirsh, 1965: 253.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Capra, F. (1929) Risultati zoologici della Missione inviata dalla R. Societa Geographica Italiana per l'esplorazione dell'oasi de Giarabub (1926-27). Ortotteri e Dermatteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 53, 122–159.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1943) A revision of the genera Sphodromerus, Metromerus and Sphodronotus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 2, 69–85. [1941]

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Named after Marmarica, a sandy and barren district between Cyrenaica and Egypt, where the species was found.

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