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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) obscuratus obscuratus (Walker, 1870)

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)

  • Abdel-Dayem, M.S., Haggag, A.A., El-Moursy, A.A. & El-Hawagry, M.A. (2005) A revision of the genus Sphingonotus Fieber (Acridiidae, Orthoptera) from Egypt. Journal of the Egyptian German Society of Zoology, 47(E), 1–37.
  • Baccetti, B., Massa, B. & Canestrelli, P. (1995) Dermaptera, Isoptera, Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera. Il Naturalista siciliano, 19 (Suppl.), 163–194. Available at http://www.sssn.it/PDF/PDF%20NS%2019suppl/19suppl.pdf#page=89
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  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. & Mistshenko, L. (1951) Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1964 English translation no. 40]. In Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries. Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad. Vol. 2, 385–667 [1–291]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224097#page/7/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • 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]
  • 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.
  • Katbeh-Bader, A. (2001) Acridoidae (Orthoptera) of Jordan. Zoology in the Middle East, 23(1), 89–100.
  • 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
  • La Greca, M. (1957) Risultati delle missioni entomologiche dell'Istituto di Bologna nel Nord-Africa compiute dai Dottori G. Fiori ed E. Mellini. XIII. Blattoidea, Mantoidea, Orthoptera. Bollettino dell'Istituto di Entomologia della R. Università degli studi di Bologna, 22, 51–62. [1958]
  • Massa, B. & Fontana, P. (1998) Middle Eastern Orthoptera (Tettigoniidae and Acridoidea) preserved in Italian Museums. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia, 22, 65–104.
  • Massa, B. (1994) Note corologiche e biologiche su alcuni ortotteri mediterranei (Orthoptera Tetrigdae [Tetrigidae] et Acridoidea). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana, 126(1), 3–8.
  • Massa, B. (2009) Annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Libya. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 75–93. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0109
  • Mistshenko, L. (1937) Revision of palaearctic species of the genus Sphingonotus Fieber (Orth. Acrid.). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 12(3-4), 65–282. [1936] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/147638
  • Shumakov, E.M. (1963) Les acridiens et les autres orthoptères de l'Afghanistan et de l'Iran. Trudy Vsesoyuznogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva, 49, 3–248. [in Russian]
  • Usmani, M.K. & Ajaili, A.A. (2000) The subspecies of Sphingonotus obscuratus (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) from Libya. Shashpa, 7(2), 105–110.
  • Usmani, M.K. & Ajaili, A.A. (2001) The subspecies of Sphingonotus obscuratus (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) from Libya. Journal of Entomological Research (New Delhi), 25(3), 221–227.
  • Usmani, M.K. (2001) The subspecies of Sphingonotus obscuratus (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae) from Libya. Shashpa, 8(2), 89–94.
  • Usmani, M.K. (2008) Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya. Zootaxa, 1946, 1–41.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1924) Some new or interesting Orthoptera from Persia and Baluchistan and Western India. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 29(3-4), 643–652. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183167#page/125/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) Notes on the Acrididae (Orth.) of Central Asia with descriptions of new species and races. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 30, 260–272. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183166#page/364/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1938) Orthoptera from Iraq and Iran. Field Museum of Natural History (Zool. Ser.), 20(33), 439–451. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopterafromir2033uvar
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1870) List of Dermaptera discovered by J. K. Lord. Esg., in Egypt and the adjoining countries; with descriptions of new species. The Zoologist, 5(28), 2296–2303. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90022#page/366/mode/1up
  • 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.

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