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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) guanchus (Johnsen, 1985)

Gran Canaria Sand Grasshopper

CollectionObject 1519586; 305e1e30-91d1-46c7-8555-e18a0f99e9c1: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519586; 305e1e30-91d1-46c7-8555-e18a0f99e9c1: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519586; 305e1e30-91d1-46c7-8555-e18a0f99e9c1: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519586; 305e1e30-91d1-46c7-8555-e18a0f99e9c1: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519586; 305e1e30-91d1-46c7-8555-e18a0f99e9c1: male, head frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581184; 3d9eb664-f3ed-45e8-bcf8-15f39ecf68a2: male, labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581184; 3d9eb664-f3ed-45e8-bcf8-15f39ecf68a2: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581184; 3d9eb664-f3ed-45e8-bcf8-15f39ecf68a2: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581184; 3d9eb664-f3ed-45e8-bcf8-15f39ecf68a2: male, head frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Wernerella guancha Johnsen, 1985: 160.

    Holotype; male; 305e1e30-91d1-46c7-8555-e18a0f99e9c1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Gran Canary, Barranco Balos, Los Letreros

  • Sphingonotus guanchus (Johnsen, 1985) in Hochkirch & Husemann, 2008
  • Sphingonotus guanchus (Johnsen, 1985) in Husemann, Deppermann & Hochkirch, 2014

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hochkirch, A. & Husemann, M. (2008) A review of the Canarian Sphingonotini with description of a new species from Fuerteventura (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Zoological Studies, 47(4), 495–506. Available at http://zoolstud.sinica.edu.tw/Journals/47.4/495.pdf
  • Husemann, M., Deppermann, J. & Hochkirch, A. (2014) Multiple independent colonization of the Canary Islands by the winged grasshopper genus Sphingonotus Fieber, 1852. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 81, 174–181.
  • 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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