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Afrocriotettix telifer (Walker, 1871)

Sierra Leone Pygmy Grasshopper

CollectionObject 1477365; cc8c170e-5156-42d8-bfe6-01e07efe4cec, NHMUK010924508: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477365; cc8c170e-5156-42d8-bfe6-01e07efe4cec, NHMUK010924508: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477365; cc8c170e-5156-42d8-bfe6-01e07efe4cec, NHMUK010924508: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477365; cc8c170e-5156-42d8-bfe6-01e07efe4cec, NHMUK010924508: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477365; cc8c170e-5156-42d8-bfe6-01e07efe4cec, NHMUK010924508: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1477365; cc8c170e-5156-42d8-bfe6-01e07efe4cec, NHMUK010924508: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; NHMUK010924508; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone

Nomenclature (3)

  • Tettix telifera Walker, 1871: 818.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK010924508; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone

  • Criotettix telifera (Walker, 1871) in Kirby, 1910: 16.
  • Afrocriotettix teliferus (Walker, 1871) in Adžić, Deranja, Franjević & Skejo, 2020: 133.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Adžić, K., Deranja, M., Franjević, D. & Skejo, J. (2020) Are Scelimeninae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) monophyletic and why it remains a question. Entomological News, 129(2), 128–146.
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1871) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 5, 811–850 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Scrutiny
  • This species from Sierra Leone belongs to the genus Afrocriotettix Günther, 1938. It is a close relative of Afrocriotettix nigellus (Bolívar, 1887) from Cameroon and Gabon.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivetelifer, telifera, teliferum

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