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Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876)

Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876): male (Tanzania, East Kilimanjaro, Chala area). (Otu).
Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876): male (Tanzania, East Kilimanjaro, Chala area). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1543098; 7b7de1a6-e104-4cdc-8627-1cae944c6eaf: male, lateral view (paratype of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543098; 7b7de1a6-e104-4cdc-8627-1cae944c6eaf: male, dorsal view (paratype of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543098; 7b7de1a6-e104-4cdc-8627-1cae944c6eaf: labels (paratype of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543099; 9ed52b56-5875-438c-be12-5309be4edbb5: female, lateral view (allotype of of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543099; 9ed52b56-5875-438c-be12-5309be4edbb5: female, dorsal view (allotype of of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543099; 9ed52b56-5875-438c-be12-5309be4edbb5: labels (allotype of of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 459; c08e365a-a7d4-4798-b5f6-3ecf378ca83c; Mbungo Hill southern slopes Kilimanjaro, 2012/05/25: female, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (36)

  • Euprepocnemis [sic] coerulescens Stål, 1876: 16.

    Holotype; male; 8dc8cdec-b73e-461b-9dc7-9e171f70bd6c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Eritrea: Debub: Massawa

  • Euprepocnemis [sic] coerulescens Stål, 1876 in Schulthess, 1898: 196.
  • Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876) in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 184.
  • Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876) in Felix, Bouwman, Odé, Ketelaar, Pham & Bailey, 2025: 54.

References (28)

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  • Schulthess, A.von (1898) Orthoptères du Pays des Somalis, recueillis par L. Robecchi-Brichetti en 1891 et par le Prince E. Ruspoli en 1892-93. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 39, 161–216. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33431#page/169/mode/1up
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte I Acridoidea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(554), 1–35. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/41/mode/1up
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) Cataloghi IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino, 1–127 pp.
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  • Hemp, C. (2009) Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(2), 183–214. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0207
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  • Felix, R., Bouwman, J., Odé, B., Ketelaar, R., Pham, D.M. & Bailey, J. (2025) The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae). Contributions to Entomology, 75(1), 21–166. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Referring to bluish hind wings.

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