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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) capensis Saussure, 1884

Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) capensis Saussure, 1884: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) capensis Saussure, 1884: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) capensis Saussure, 1884: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) capensis Saussure, 1884: lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; 42309031-b9a4-4a4a-b523-1c1ef96b57e5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

Nomenclature (7)

  • Sphingonotus capensis Saussure, 1884: 196, 201.

    Syntype; 42309031-b9a4-4a4a-b523-1c1ef96b57e5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

  • Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) capensis Saussure, 1884 in Kirby, 1910: 275.
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  • Sphingonotus capensis Saussure, 1884 in Johnston, 1968: 328.
  • Sphingonotus capensis Saussure, 1884 in Hollier, 2012: 223.

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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  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(2), 215–260. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183707#page/71/mode/1up
  • 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. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • de Saussure, H. (1884) Prodromus Oedipodiorum, Insectorum ex Ordine Orthopterorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 28(9), 1–254, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38465
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Terrestrial

Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) capensis Saussure, 1884

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