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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) nigripennis (Serville, 1838)

Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) nigripennis (Serville, 1838): 2011. male (Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve). (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) nigripennis (Serville, 1838): 2011. male (Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve). (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) nigripennis (Serville, 1838): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) nigripennis (Serville, 1838): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) nigripennis (Serville, 1838): dorsal view of wings. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; male; d73d5f00-13d7-429e-ab48-3b90281d4b8d; South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

Nomenclature (8)

  • Oedipoda nigripennis Serville, 1838: 723.

    Syntype; male; d73d5f00-13d7-429e-ab48-3b90281d4b8d; South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope. Syntype; female; e0a19c41-c876-4470-bdc7-638c034605d0; South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

  • Oedipoda nigripennis Serville, 1838 in Walker, 1870: 738.
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  • Sphingonotus nigripennis (Serville, 1838) in Johnston, 1968: 329.
  • Sphingonotus nigripennis (Serville, 1838) in Pronk, Pryke, Samways & Bazelet, 2017

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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. (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
  • Pronk, B.M., Pryke, J.S., Samways, M.J. & Bazelet, C.S. (2017) Range restricted grasshoppers better conserved in a terrestrial zone than in a riparian zone. Journal of Insect Conservation, 21(1), 97–109. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10841-017-9957-3
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) nigripennis (Serville, 1838)

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