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Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873)

Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873): Fig. 2. female left tegmen (58-65 mm). (Otu).
Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873): Fig. 2. female left tegmen (58-65 mm). (Otu).
Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873): Pl. II, Fig. 1 a (confused with M. eurypterus?). female (tegmina 55 mm, ovipositor 15 mm). (Otu).
Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873): Pl. II, Fig. 1 (confused with M. eurypterus?). male (tegmina 46 mm). (Otu).
Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873): p. 81. description by Karsch 1891. (Otu).
Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873): p. 85. complete original description of Mataeus acinaces (previously Synonym Mataeus acinaces). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1529733; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529733; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529733; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529733; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7: female pronotum, lateral view(holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529733; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529733; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529733; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529733; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530770; bd5b55a8-7755-4c9d-8c96-a5de75d32cb2: SMNS, Stuttgart, STmusafzS01. female from Ghana ("Gold Coast", possibly misidentified). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530770; bd5b55a8-7755-4c9d-8c96-a5de75d32cb2: SMNS, Stuttgart, STmusafzS01. female from Ghana. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530770; bd5b55a8-7755-4c9d-8c96-a5de75d32cb2: SMNS, Stuttgart, STmusafzS01. female from Ghana, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530770; bd5b55a8-7755-4c9d-8c96-a5de75d32cb2: SMNS, Stuttgart, STmusafzS01. female from Ghana, label. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (25)

  • Pseudophyllus afzelii Stål, 1873: 48.

    Holotype; female; 56738053-1ee8-455b-a7f7-dc78c1e24cb7; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Sierra Leone

  • Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873) in Stål, 1874: 67.
  • Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873) in Naskrecki, 2011: 208-209.
  • Mustius afzelii (Stål, 1873) in Massa, 2021: 417.

References (20)

  • Stål, C. (1873) Orthoptera nova descriptist. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 30(4), 39–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100494#page/223/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1874) Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm, Vol. 2, 121 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=nSxDAAAAYAAJ
  • Bolívar, I. (1886) Articulados. In Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural. Vol. 15, pp. 341–348. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1150
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1891) Orthopterologische Beiträge IV. Beiträge zur Systematik der Pseudophylliden Afrika's. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(1), 71–114, pls. 2–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1895) Monographie der Pseudophylliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 45, 1–282. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MON-E-ORTH_0007_0001-0282.pdf
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1897) Betrachtungen über die Farbenpracht der Insekten. Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1–16. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/132904#page/1/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1902) Locustodeen aus Kamerun und Kongo. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 27(3), 1–45, pls. I-IV. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48743#page/69/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1906) Fasgonurídeos de la Guinea Española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 327–377. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1342
  • 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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Orthopterentypen im Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm 4. Tettigoniidae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 13, 1–30.
  • Beier, M. (1954) Revision der Pseudophyllinen. Instituto Español de Entomología, Madrid, 479 pp.
  • Beier, M. (1957) Pseudophyllinae aus dem Belgischen Congo (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines, 55, 49–68.
  • Beier, M. (1962) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae I). Das Tierreich, 73, 1–468.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2008) Sylvan katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae) of the Guinean Forests of West Africa hotspot: an overview and descriptions of new species. Zootaxa, 1712, 1–41.
  • 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
  • Naskrecki, P. (2011) Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine. University of Chicago Press, 384 pp.
  • 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.

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