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Paracinema tricolor (Thunberg, 1815)

FieldOccurrence 280; d1021cfc-a1fd-4150-b25f-81996f480a7e; Tanzania North Pare Mountains, 2010/01/28: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 280; d1021cfc-a1fd-4150-b25f-81996f480a7e; Tanzania North Pare Mountains, 2010/01/28: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 281; e565c2b1-4536-4d82-9a0a-cee110579ca7; southern slope Mount Kilimanjaro, 2014/11/??: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 282; ceee3f34-fced-46e5-b292-5fd4e98a025a; Tanzania Darakuta Ranch near Babati vegetation beside river, 2017/05/06: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 282; ceee3f34-fced-46e5-b292-5fd4e98a025a; Tanzania Darakuta Ranch near Babati vegetation beside river, 2017/05/06: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 283; 491e07e9-f31e-4b05-ab7f-1d0a36589413; Tanzania near Kwa Sadala southern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro, 2015/06/??: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 284; 0656c726-9fe0-4d4b-885b-f6f3c61d9857; Tanzania Maua Seminary sout-eastern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro, 2012/10/04: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 285; 20a74807-3b32-4324-96fd-8885b8d5b7a5; Tanzania Nilo forest reserve E Usambara Mountains, 2023/03/26: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 286; 511656ee-f5d2-4069-a666-bde30a712653; Kenya Mount Marsabit N, 2017/05/26: female, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Gryllus tricolor Thunberg, 1815: 254.

    Syntype; abcc732a-7bb8-4ac3-ba14-75a4134769ff; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); [original locality "China" probably erroneous]

  • Paracinema tricolor (Thunberg, 1815) in Johnston, 1956: 587.
  • Paracinema tricolor (Thunberg, 1815) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 181.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Thunberg, C.P. (1815) Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 5, 211–301. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5woZAAAAYAAJ

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to coloration.

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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
subspecies301922