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Heteropternis coerulea (Schulthess, 1899)

Heteropternis coerulea (Schulthess, 1899): dorsal view. (Otu).
Heteropternis coerulea (Schulthess, 1899): dorsal view. (Otu).
Heteropternis coerulea (Schulthess, 1899): lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; bbb3f19d-b65d-44eb-9662-7776762c92e4; deposited at: Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule-Zentrum (ETHZ); Mozambique: Maputo: Delagoa Bay [Maputo Bay]

Nomenclature (9)

  • Dittopternis coerulea Schulthess, 1899: 203.

    Syntype; bbb3f19d-b65d-44eb-9662-7776762c92e4; deposited at: Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule-Zentrum (ETHZ); Mozambique: Maputo: Delagoa Bay [Maputo Bay]

  • Acrotylus saltator Kirby, 1902: 236.

    Syntype; db7db2e6-6409-4856-90fe-635a80d9adfb; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Mozambique: Maputo: Delagoa Bay [Maputo Bay]

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  • Heteropternis coerulea (Schulthess, 1899) in Dirsh, 1965: 476.
  • Heteropternis coerulea (Schulthess, 1899) in Johnston, 1968: 333.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
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  • 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.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1902) Report on a collection of African Locustidae formed by Mr. W. L. Distant, chiefly from the Transvaal. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1902, 57–114, 231–241. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48243#page/95/mode/1up
  • Schulthess, A.von (1899) La faune entomologique du Delagoa II. Orthopteres. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des sciences naturelles, 35, 191–215.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum 4. Identification of the types of Acrididae preserved in the Museum. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 72(3-4), 265–301. [1924]
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Heteropternis coerulea (Schulthess, 1899)

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