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Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926

Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926: Page 241, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926: Page 241, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926: dorsal view. (Otu).
Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926: brown morph (not far from Niamey, Niger). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1591764; 67a4e28f-af10-49fe-8cb8-6dc942c84e58: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591764; 67a4e28f-af10-49fe-8cb8-6dc942c84e58: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591764; 67a4e28f-af10-49fe-8cb8-6dc942c84e58: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591764; 67a4e28f-af10-49fe-8cb8-6dc942c84e58: male, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (20)

  • Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926: 413-53.

    Holotype; male; 224e8fde-9684-453f-9032-268bfedf09e2; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Nigeria: Bauchi: Azare

  • Oedaleus cephalotes Uvarov, 1934: 606.

    Holotype; female; 4bdc7b78-38d0-4df0-a69f-5cb9a5cf9c35; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Ethiopia: Muger Valley

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  • Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926 in Timberlake, Smith, Merret, Van Niekirk, Sichamba, Mwandila & Vollesen, 2018: 17.
  • Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov, 1926 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 173.

Nomenclature references (17)

  • Davey, J.T., Descamps, M. & Demange, R. (1959) Notes on the Acrididae of the French Sudan with special reference to the Central Niger Delta (I, II). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 21(1-2), 60–112, 565–600.
  • Descamps, M. (1965) Acridoides du Mali (deuxième contribution). Regions de San et Sikasso (zone soudanaise) (1 partie) et (2 partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 922–962, 1259–1314.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Forsyth (1966) Agricultural Insects of Ghana, 1–163.
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Hemp, C. (2009) Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(2), 183–214. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0207
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) In Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Nzekwu, A.N. & Akingbohungbe, A.E. (2002) The effects of various host plants on nymphal development and egg production in Oedaleus nigeriensis Uvarov (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 11(2), 185–188. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282002%29011%5B0185%3ATEOVHP%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Ritchie, J.M. (1981) A taxonomic revision of the genus Oedaleus Fieber (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 42, 83–183. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis42entolond
  • Roy, R. (1964) Recites de M. A. Villers dans les dunes côtières du Sénégal (1961). Orthoptères et ordres voisins. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 26, 1177–1198.
  • Roy, R. (1965) Contribution a l'étude de la faune de la basse Casamance (Sénégal) XIV. Orthopteres Acridoidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 614–631.
  • Timberlake, J., Smith, P., Merret, L., Van Niekirk, W., Sichamba, M., Mwandila, G. & Vollesen, K. (2018) The Mafinga Mountains, Zambia: Report of a reconnaissance trip, March 2018. BFA Occasional Publications in Biodiversity, 24, 1–41. Available at http://www.biodiversityfoundation.org/documents/BFA%20No.24_Mafingas%20botany.pdf
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1926) Grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Northern Nigeria. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 413–453. [1925]
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1934) Entomological expedition to Abyssinia 1926-7. Orthoptera of the families Mantidae, Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, and Acrididae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 38, 591–614.

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