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Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891

Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: female, lateral view (Liberia, Marshall Territory). (Otu).
Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: female, lateral view (Liberia, Marshall Territory). (Otu).
Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: male, lateral view (Liberia, Marshall Territory). (Otu).
Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: male stridulatory area (Liberia, Marshall Territory). (Otu).
Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: Fig. 27 [anterior portion distorted]. female habitus (body length 22 mm, pronotum 8.5 mm, tegmen 44 mm, hind femur 19 mm, ovipositor 10.5 mm). (Otu).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891: 140.

    Holotype; female; 6591a6c1-54bb-4eb7-aa42-b76238962d33; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Cameroon

  • Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 in Kirby, 1906: 464.
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  • Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 in Massa, 2021: 69.
  • Vossia obesa Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1891 in Massa, 2025: 45.

References (11)

  • 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
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up
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  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) Suprageneric taxa derived from Amblycoryphini sensu lato (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea: Phaneropteridae: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa, 3904(3), 409–414.
  • Griffini, A. (1908) Phasgonuridae africane del R. Museo di Storia Naturale in Bruxelles. 5 Phaneropteridae, pars 2. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 15, 201–226. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41740#page/215/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Massa, B. (2013) Diversity of leaf katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) of Dzanga-Ndoki National Park, Central African Republic, with selected records from other African countries. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 22(2), 125–152. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.022.0201
  • Massa, B. (2021) Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and São Tomé during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 57(1), 29–76.
  • Massa, B. (2025) Diversity of Leaf Katydids of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, Central Tropical Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Insects, 16(3: 241), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030241
  • Massa, B., Annoyer, P., Perez, C., Danflous, S. & Duvot, G. (2020) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae, Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic. Zootaxa, 4780(3), 401–447.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2009) A survey of katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves, Eastern Region of Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 50, 34–39. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/book/10.1896/978-1-934151-26-6
  • Ragge, D.R. (1968) An index-catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(3), 75–108. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond

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