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Sphingonotus (Sphingonotus) imitans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882

Algarve Sand Grasshopper

Nomenclature (8)

  • Sphingonotus imitans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882: 153.

    Holotype; male; bf062b85-31f0-4495-bbe6-43ee55ec8c93; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Spain: Andalucía: Granada

  • Leptopternis imitans (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) in Saussure, 1889: 94.
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  • Jacobsiella imitans (Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882) in Larrosa, García, Clemente & Presa, 2010
  • Sphingonotus imitans Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1882 in Husemann, Llucià Pomares & Hochkirch, 2013: 33.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1882) Prodromus der europäischen Orthopteren. Engelmann, Leipzig, XXXII + 466 pp., XI tab. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/publikation_volumes.php?id=35024
  • de Saussure, H. (1889) Note sur quelques Oedipodiens en particulier sur les genres appartenant au type de Sphingonotus. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 8, 87–97. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39731
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  • Harz, K. (1975) Die Orthopteren Europas II. Series Entomologica, 11, 1–939.
  • Herrera, L. (1982) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Spain. Series Entomologica, 22, 1–162.
  • Husemann, M., Llucià Pomares, D. & Hochkirch, A. (2013) A review of the Iberian Sphingonotini with description of two novel species (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Oedipodinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 168(1), 29–60.
  • 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
  • Koçak, A.Ö. & Kemal, M. (2008) Replacement names among the genus and family group taxa in Orthoptera. Centre for Entomological Studies, Miscellaneous Papers, 141, 1–5. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/CentreForEntomologicalStudiesAnkaraMiscellaneousPapers141
  • Larrosa, E., García, M.D., Clemente, M.E. & Presa, J.J. (2010) Sound production of two endemic Oedipodinae grasshoppers from the Iberian Peninsula: Jacobsiella imitans and Leptopternis candidus lusitanicus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Italian Journal of Zoology, 77(4), 443–445.

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