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Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893

CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male, mirror area (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male, base of left tegmen(holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500567; cdbac232-ef35-44f5-ad3a-ccec7f658fc0, DORSA BTmormelHTM: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; DORSA BTmormelHTM; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Fako: Victoria [Limbe]

Nomenclature (10)

  • Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893: 196.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BTmormelHTM; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Fako: Victoria [Limbe]

  • Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893 in Kirby, 1906: 429.
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  • Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893 in Massa, 2021: 441.
  • Morgenia melica Karsch, 1893 in Massa, 2025: 41.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Locustodeen von Victoria in Kamerun, gesammelt von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss. Entomologische Nachrichten, 19(13), 195–199. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81937#page/207/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
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  • Leroy, Y. (1970) Diversités d'aspects et évolution de la dissymétrie des râpes de stridulation des insectes orthoptères Phaneropterinae. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires de l'Académie des Sciences, 270, 96–99.
  • 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) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae as indicators of biodiversity hotspots in the Guinean Forests of Central and West Tropical Africa. Zootaxa, 4974(3), 401–458.
  • 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.
  • Massa, B., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Moulin, N. (2018) The tropical African genus Morgenia (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Phaneropterinae) with emphasis on the spur at the mid tibia. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 65(2), 161–175. Available at http://dez.pensoft.net/article/26693/
  • 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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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

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