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Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893

Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893: Page 69, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893: Page 69, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893: Page 69, Figure 2. male habitus. (Otu).
Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893: female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501407; 5614a38c-0c2e-49f1-9ea3-a74dc92d610b, DORSA BA000100S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501407; 5614a38c-0c2e-49f1-9ea3-a74dc92d610b, DORSA BA000100S01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501407; 5614a38c-0c2e-49f1-9ea3-a74dc92d610b, DORSA BA000100S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501407; 5614a38c-0c2e-49f1-9ea3-a74dc92d610b, DORSA BA000100S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501407; 5614a38c-0c2e-49f1-9ea3-a74dc92d610b, DORSA BA000100S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 146; 61643c28-dafd-4025-b15b-6d1605a9901e; Kenya Kakamega forest W, 2011/11/??: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (35)

  • Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893: 110.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000100S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg

  • Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893 in Bolívar, 1905: 230.
  • Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893 in Mestre & Chiffaud, 2006: 265.
  • Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 57.

References (28)

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  • Bolívar, I. (1905) Ortópteros acridioideos de la Guinea española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 209–240. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44407#page/248/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1920) Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 92–142. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1929) Acridiodea aus Zentralafrika gesammelt von R. Grauer während seiner Expedition 1909-1911. Arkiv för Zoologi, 20 A(15), 1–41.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1953) Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of Angola and northern Rhodesia, collected by Dr. Malcolm Burr in 1927-1928. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 21, 9–217.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1955) Contributions a l'étude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Bsilewsky 1953). LIII. Orthotpera Acrididae. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge Tervuren (Belgique) Sciences Zoologiques, 40, 67–72.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1955) E. African Blattodea, Phasmatodea and Orthoptera. Ergebnisse der Deutschen Ostafrika-Expedition 1951/52, Gruppe Lindner, Stuttgart, Nr. 5. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 5, 472–485. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/267
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Chopard, L. (1958) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba, fasciule IV. III. Acridiens (Mission M. Lamotte, fevrier-juin 1942). Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 53, 127–153.
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  • Roy, R. (1961) Orthoptera Acridoidea. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba fasc. II. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 62, 109–136. [1962]
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1963) La Réserve Naturelle Intégrale du Mont Nimba Vl Orthoptera Acridoidea (Second contribution). Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 66, 207–220.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1964) Acridoidea. Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba, 44(3), 49–96.
  • Roy, R. (1964) Recites de M. A. Villers dans les dunes côtières du Sénégal (1961). Orthoptères et ordres voisins. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 26, 1177–1198.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Roy, R. (1965) Contribution a l'étude de la faune de la basse Casamance (Sénégal) XIV. Orthopteres Acridoidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 614–631.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1970) Acridoidea of the Congo (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 8(182), 1–605.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Grunshaw, J.P. (1988) A taxonomic revision of the grasshopper genus Spathosternum (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Journal of East Africa Natural History, 191, 1–24.
  • Nzekwu, A.N. (1990) Distinguishing the grasshoppers Oxya hyla Serville and Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch. The Nigerian Field, 55(3-4), 153–157.
  • Paul, J. (1997) One and a half years of Kenyan Orthoptera: 2. Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae and spur-throated Acrididae. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 109, 193–198. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30062433#page/211/mode/1up
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  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2017) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae. 237 pp.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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