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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) basutensis (Dirsh, 1956)

CollectionObject 1536516; b0fb5fe7-2a55-421d-82cd-52d2d9c2b6e4: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536516; b0fb5fe7-2a55-421d-82cd-52d2d9c2b6e4: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536516; b0fb5fe7-2a55-421d-82cd-52d2d9c2b6e4: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536516; b0fb5fe7-2a55-421d-82cd-52d2d9c2b6e4: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1536516; b0fb5fe7-2a55-421d-82cd-52d2d9c2b6e4: male, head frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Wernerella basutensis Dirsh, 1956: 121-272.

    Holotype; male; b0fb5fe7-2a55-421d-82cd-52d2d9c2b6e4; deposited at: Lund University (MZLU); Lesotho: Quthing: Basutoland: Mount Morosi, 15 mi. NE Quthing

  • Wernerella basutensis Dirsh, 1956 in Dirsh, 1965: 474.
  • Wernerella basutensis Dirsh, 1956 in Johnston, 1968: 332.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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