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Pseudotomias usambaricus Hemp, 2016

Pseudotomias usambaricus Hemp, 2016: male (East Usambara Mountains, Nilo Forest Reserve). (Otu).
Pseudotomias usambaricus Hemp, 2016: male (East Usambara Mountains, Nilo Forest Reserve). (Otu).
Pseudotomias usambaricus Hemp, 2016: female (E Usambara, Sigi Trail). (Otu).
Pseudotomias usambaricus Hemp, 2016: female nymph (E Usambara, Sigi Trail). (Otu).
Pseudotomias usambaricus Hemp, 2016: female (E Usambara, Sigi Trail). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1575824; 08655db7-0fdf-4db2-906f-08042c555b4f: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575824; 08655db7-0fdf-4db2-906f-08042c555b4f: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575824; 08655db7-0fdf-4db2-906f-08042c555b4f: male fastigium, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575824; 08655db7-0fdf-4db2-906f-08042c555b4f: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575824; 08655db7-0fdf-4db2-906f-08042c555b4f: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575824; 08655db7-0fdf-4db2-906f-08042c555b4f: male abdomen tip, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576399; 0f887797-8bf2-48f5-ab3b-b05a7c71d507: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576399; 0f887797-8bf2-48f5-ab3b-b05a7c71d507: female, head and pronotum, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576399; 0f887797-8bf2-48f5-ab3b-b05a7c71d507: ovipositor (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Pseudotomias usambaricus Hemp, 2016: 482.

    Holotype; male; 08655db7-0fdf-4db2-906f-08042c555b4f; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: East Usambara Mountains, Sigi Trail

  • Pseudotomias usambaricus Hemp, 2016 in Hemp, 2021: 400.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Hemp, C. (2016) The Eastern Arc Mountains and coastal forests of East Africa—an archive to understand large-scale biogeographical patterns: Pseudotomias, a new genus of African Pseudophyllinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Zootaxa, 4126(4), 480–490. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4126.4.2
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After distribution on the East Usambara Mountains in Tanzania.

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