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Aiolopus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910

CollectionObject 1590311; ab393e90-5c9e-4d18-8d73-a17877fc8296: male, lateral view (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590311; ab393e90-5c9e-4d18-8d73-a17877fc8296: male, lateral view (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590311; ab393e90-5c9e-4d18-8d73-a17877fc8296: male, dorsal view (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590311; ab393e90-5c9e-4d18-8d73-a17877fc8296: male, ventral view (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590311; ab393e90-5c9e-4d18-8d73-a17877fc8296: labels (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590312; 950a8a3f-95a8-49bc-97ae-bb75ac5a2b08: female, lateral view (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590312; 950a8a3f-95a8-49bc-97ae-bb75ac5a2b08: female, dorsal view (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590312; 950a8a3f-95a8-49bc-97ae-bb75ac5a2b08: female, ventral view (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1590312; 950a8a3f-95a8-49bc-97ae-bb75ac5a2b08: labels (paratype of Aiolopus latus). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 298; dfbfa6a9-a307-476b-980b-b859a5015161; Tanzania Miseni Retreat open path near Saadani National Park, 2023/07/20: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 299; adc1b41f-281c-4404-bb9a-23d47d13112e; Tanzania Namalok Nature Reserve TPC Kilimanjaro, 2023/07/16: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 300; 787d22a1-0eff-4531-a5be-9b14d5a7d833; Tanzania Kwa Sadala southern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro, 2015/06/??: female. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Aiolopus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 156, 170.

    Holotype; male; 82451d2d-166e-47f6-b724-38e39cca6178; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United Republic of Tanzania: Arusha: Meru Plains

  • Aeolopus [sic] latus Uvarov, 1922: 545.

    Holotype; female; 8a6531a3-bb88-4ed7-b481-adbe571046a5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Orange Free State: Bloemfontein

  • Aiolopus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910 in Hemp, 2009: 206.
  • Aiolopus meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 116.

References (8)

  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 7. Acridiodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 149–199. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/265/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1922) On some new or little known South African grasshoppers. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 99–113, 539–551. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78391#page/121/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hollis, D. (1968) A revision of the genus Aiolopus Fieber (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(7), 307–355. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond
  • Baccetti, B. (1997) Notulae orthopterologicae. 52. La collezione di ortotteri acridomorfi dell'Africa orientale conservata nel nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale G. Doria di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 91, 227–292. [1996]
  • 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
  • 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012