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Afrosystolederus garmsi Devriese & Husemann, 2023

Nomenclature (1)

  • Afrosystolederus garmsi Devriese & Husemann, 2023: 332, 338.

    Holotype; male; ZMUH ZMH 81063; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); Liberia: Margibi: Montserrado County, Mount Gibi, Semba Creek

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Devriese, H. & Husemann, M. (2023) Afrosystolederus garmsi (Orthoptera, Tetrigidae), a new genus and species from Mount Gibi (Liberia) with remarks on Systolederus, Pseudosystolederus and Teredorus. Zootaxa, 5258(3), 331–341.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after Prof. Dr. Rolf Garms, who died on 5th October 2021 at the age of 89. Dr. Garms was foremost amongst experts on blackfly biology and on the transmission and control of onchocerciasis, but was interested in all insects and provided extensive material, especially collected in Western Africa to the ZMH. Among this material the newly described species was discovered.

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