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Apterotettix obtusus Hancock, 1904

Apterotettix obtusus Hancock, 1904: female, drawing (syntype). (Otu).
Apterotettix obtusus Hancock, 1904: female, drawing (syntype). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1575736; 9e878cbf-1809-4b8c-913f-8c37f996ba1c, NHMUK10924461: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575736; 9e878cbf-1809-4b8c-913f-8c37f996ba1c, NHMUK10924461: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575736; 9e878cbf-1809-4b8c-913f-8c37f996ba1c, NHMUK10924461: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575736; 9e878cbf-1809-4b8c-913f-8c37f996ba1c, NHMUK10924461: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575736; 9e878cbf-1809-4b8c-913f-8c37f996ba1c, NHMUK10924461: male, labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575736; 9e878cbf-1809-4b8c-913f-8c37f996ba1c, NHMUK10924461: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575736; 9e878cbf-1809-4b8c-913f-8c37f996ba1c, NHMUK10924461: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Apterotettix obtusus Hancock, 1904: 140.

    Syntype; female, adult; c43daba7-794b-453c-b711-cc90dcebdbd0; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Sri Lanka: Kandy: Peradeniya. Syntype; female; 52f30aee-69a6-4380-ba70-92ac289a2071; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Sri Lanka: Kandy: Peradeniya. Syntype; female; 54ea34df-fe77-4246-9c72-fc2a8a0c3927; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Sri Lanka: Kandy: Peradeniya. Syntypes (n= 3); male; 2bc95199-784d-452f-bc99-89867c3257b2; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Sri Lanka: Nuwara Eliya: Pundaluoya. Syntype; female; 3343cb01-ccd3-46bf-a588-dc1674fe2e2d; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Sri Lanka: Nuwara Eliya: Pundaluoya. Syntype; male; NHMUK10924461; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka: Nuwara Eliya: Pundaluoya

  • Apterotettix obtusus Hancock, 1904 in Hancock, 1907: 35.
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  • Apterotettix obtusus Hancock, 1904 in Blackith, 1992: 5.
  • Apterotettix obtusus Hancock, 1904 in Zheng, Ou & Zhang, 2012

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Blackith, R.E. (1988) The Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) of Sri Lanka. Entomologica Scandinavica, Suppl. 30, 93–109, illustr.
  • Blackith, R.E. (1992) Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography. JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland, i-liv, 1–248.
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  • Günther, K. (1939) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.), 20 (NF Bd.1), 16–335.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1904) The Tettigidae of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, 2, 97–157.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1907) Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 48, 1–79 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105990#page/23/mode/1up
  • Hancock, J.L. (1915) V. Indian Tetriginae (Acrydiinae). Records of the Indian Museum, 11, 55–137. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41760#page/91/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Sandrasagara, T.R. (1949) A catalogue of the named Ceylonese Tetrigidae, Eumastacidae and Acrididae (Insecta: Orthoptera) in the collection of the Colombo Museum, with records of distribution. Records of the Indian Museum, 47, 135–157. [1950]
  • Zheng, Z.-M., Ou, X.-H. & Zhang, H.-L. (2012) A new record genus and a new species of Metrodoridae from China (Orthoptera). Journal of Shaanxi Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 40(4), 54–55.

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