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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) africanus (Johnsen, 1985)

Type specimen

Holotype; male; de60b3e0-7f63-49b0-939e-81e59703dcc3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia: Awdal: Bwan, NW of Borama

Nomenclature (2)

  • Wernerella africana Johnsen, 1985: 160.

    Holotype; male; de60b3e0-7f63-49b0-939e-81e59703dcc3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia: Awdal: Bwan, NW of Borama

  • Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) africanus (Johnsen, 1985) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 202.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Johnsen, P. (1985) Contributions to the knowledge of the genera Spingonotus, Pseudosphingonotus and Wernerella in Africa, with description of four new species (Acridoidea, Oedipodinae). Natura Jutlandica, 21(10), 149–167.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveafricanus, africana, africanum
Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) africanus (Johnsen, 1985)

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