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Clonia (Clonia) wahlbergi Stål, 1855

Wahlberg's Clonia
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male stridulatory apparatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529736; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2790536; d0b6065a-e0e7-4635-9cd9-83311e955aa4: male, lateral view (holotype of Clonia wahlbergi variabilis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2790536; d0b6065a-e0e7-4635-9cd9-83311e955aa4: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Clonia wahlbergi variabilis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2790536; d0b6065a-e0e7-4635-9cd9-83311e955aa4: male stridulatory apparatus (holotype of Clonia wahlbergi variabilis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2790536; d0b6065a-e0e7-4635-9cd9-83311e955aa4: male cerci (holotype of Clonia wahlbergi variabilis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2790536; d0b6065a-e0e7-4635-9cd9-83311e955aa4: labels (holotype of Clonia wahlbergi variabilis). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (25)

  • Clonia wahlbergi Stål, 1855: 352.

    Holotype; male; eea8b809-7e4f-4f6c-b44e-d5f45eead3b6; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa: Eastern Cape: [Kaffraria]

  • Saga maculosa Walker, 1869: 294.

    Holotype; female; da3a9d95-813f-4280-9e28-c1a3b94f4e7b; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Clonia wahlbergi Stål, 1855 in Massa, 2026: 4.
  • Saga maculosa Walker, 1869 (subjective synonym of Clonia wahlbergi Stål, 1855) in Massa, 2026: 4.

References (20)

  • Thunberg, C.P. (1789) Novas Insectorum Species. Uppsala, Vol. 15. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45276
  • Stål, C. (1855) Nya Orthoptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 12, 348–353. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54201#page/362/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1888) Synopsis de la tribu des Sagiens. Orthoptères de la famille des Locustides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 8, 127–160. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34142
  • Distant, W.L. (1892) Naturalist in the Transvaal. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20046#page/11/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1897) Intorno ad alcuni Ortotteri raccolti dal Rev. L. Jalla a kazungula (Alto Zambesi). Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 12(290), 1–12. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=4L0WAAAAYAAJ
  • 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
  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Saginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 167, 1–10, pls 1–2. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105423#page/429/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1935) Contribution à l'étude de la faune du Mozambique. Voyage de M.P. Lesne (1928-1929). Memórias e Estudos do Museu Zoológico da Universidade de Coimbra, 85, 43 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1942) Revision of the genus Clonia Stal 1855 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 11, 57–62.
  • Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.
  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1964) Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Raubheuschrecken (Tettigoniidae - Saginae), insbesondere der europäischen Arten der Gattung Saga Charpentier. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen, 16, 68–82. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ZAOE_16_0068-0082.pdf
  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1971) Unterlagen für eine Monographie der Saginae III. Die Saginae der äthiopischen Region. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 21, 403–476. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/978
  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1972) An illustrated key for identifying African Saginae (Saltatoria: Tettigoniidae). Annals of the Natal Museum, 21, 281–295.
  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1990) The predatory Saginae. In Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 280–302.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C.L. & Weaving, A. (2005) Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa, 444 pp.
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Massa, B. (2022) New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae). Fragmenta Entomologica, 54(1), 27–44. Available at http://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/725
  • Massa, B. (2026) New records of Orthoptera from Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Pamphagidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 41(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.21426/b6.60868

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Etymology:

Named after the Swedish naturalist and explorer Johan August Wahlberg (1810– 1856).

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