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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) somalicus somalicus (Johnsen, 1985)

CollectionObject 1519588; 532ca4c3-3f7d-473b-a0e2-a7c41d5dc816: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519588; 532ca4c3-3f7d-473b-a0e2-a7c41d5dc816: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519588; 532ca4c3-3f7d-473b-a0e2-a7c41d5dc816: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519588; 532ca4c3-3f7d-473b-a0e2-a7c41d5dc816: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519588; 532ca4c3-3f7d-473b-a0e2-a7c41d5dc816: male, head frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 532ca4c3-3f7d-473b-a0e2-a7c41d5dc816; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia: Sanaag: Erigavo

Nomenclature (2)

  • Wernerella somalicus Johnsen, 1985: 160.

    Holotype; male; 532ca4c3-3f7d-473b-a0e2-a7c41d5dc816; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia: Sanaag: Erigavo

  • Sphingonotus somalicus (Johnsen, 1985) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 194.

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
Adjectivesomalicus, somalica, somalicum
Etymology:

Reference to distribution in Somalia.

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