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Orthoptera Species File
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Gastrimargus africanus (Saussure, 1888)

CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: label. cotype. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: label. cotype. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: lateral view. female (cotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: front view. female (cotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: dorsal view. female (cotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: ventral view. female (cotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Oedaleus (Gastrimargus) marmoratus var. africana Saussure, 1888: 39.
  • Gastrimargus africanus (Saussure, 1888) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 134.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • de Saussure, H. (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to distribution in Africa.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1012
subspecies401014