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Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895)

Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895): lateral view. (Otu).
Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895): Fig. 38. female, dorsal view (body length 40 mm, tegmina 30.5 mm) (previously Synonym Metaxymecus laxus). (Otu).
Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895): Page 131, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895): Page 131, Figure 2. male habitus. (Otu).
FieldOccurrence 468; d64c5335-4255-4ec7-be0e-78c6ce2e4736; Tanzania eastern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro, 2019/11/30: female, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 469; dfe53ec9-9b8b-48a8-b9d3-f5c364a29ba1; United Republic of Tanzania: Dodoma East Chenene forest reserve, 2023/07/12: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 470; 10e50cc6-e2fb-4a4e-a981-5721880e2869; United Republic of Tanzania: Dodoma East Chenene Miombo woodlands, 2023/07/12: male, apex. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 493; 7cf2bc6b-1cd6-43bb-816f-87ed08657d0f; Tanzania Lake Chala area eastern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro, 2013/11/??: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 494; 4f39cacc-631e-4a29-ab6e-5c6c8625ee0c; United Republic of Tanzania: Dodoma East Chenene forest reserve Miombo woodlands, 2023/07/12: female, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (70)

  • Tylotropidius gracilipes Brancsik, 1895: 256.

    Syntype; b9b8eb46-6114-48fd-9693-3c0c59481f5d; deposited at: Hungarian Natural History Museum , Budapest, Hungary (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum) (HNHM); Mozambique: R. Zambezi: Boroma

  • Metaxymecus laxus Karsch, 1896: 324.

    Holotype; male; 6ffbce4f-f92b-4e98-8f8d-ac04eb1eef3e; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Plateaux: Misahöhe

  • Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895) in Hemp, 2009: 199.
  • Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895) in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 197.

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