Type specimen

Syntype; male; 84a2dd4f-34f4-42fd-9afe-369eaa40bbcc; Wady Genneh

Nomenclature (26)

  • Oedipoda obscurata Walker, 1870: 2300.

    Syntype; male; 84a2dd4f-34f4-42fd-9afe-369eaa40bbcc; Wady Genneh

  • Oedipoda obscurata Walker, 1870: 738.
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  • Sphingonotus obscuratus obscuratus (Walker, 1870) in Usmani, 2008: 35.
  • Sphingonotus obscuratus obscuratus (Walker, 1870) in Massa, 2009: 84.

Nomenclature references (25)

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  • Innes Bey, W. (1919) Exposé synoptique des espèces égyptiennes du genre Sphingonotus et des petits genres voisins. Bulletin de la Société entomologique d'Égypte, 3, 37–48. [1918]
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  • Usmani, M.K. (2001) The subspecies of Sphingonotus obscuratus (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) from Libya. Shashpa, 8(2), 89–94.
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  • Werner, F. (1938) Ergebnisse der achten zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Griechenland (Euboea, Tinos, Skiathos, Thasos USW.). Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (Abt. 1), 147, 151–173.
Asserted distribution
Collection object
Type material

Descendants and synonyms

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveobscuratus, obscurata, obscuratum

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subspecies413