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Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) femoralis Uvarov, 1933

Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) femoralis Uvarov, 1933: Page 219, Figure 5. female habitus. (Otu).
Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) femoralis Uvarov, 1933: Page 219, Figure 5. female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1581163; f2a9ce86-5781-46c2-bf39-a9fa4393e376: female, labels (syntype of Sphingonotus airensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581163; f2a9ce86-5781-46c2-bf39-a9fa4393e376: female, dorsal view (syntype of Sphingonotus airensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581163; f2a9ce86-5781-46c2-bf39-a9fa4393e376: female, lateral view (syntype of Sphingonotus airensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581163; f2a9ce86-5781-46c2-bf39-a9fa4393e376: female, head frontal view (syntype of Sphingonotus airensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581164; 237a2bfd-3d5f-437e-9c36-8aa5fcadf9d0: female, labels (syntype of Sphingonotus airensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581164; 237a2bfd-3d5f-437e-9c36-8aa5fcadf9d0: female, dorsal view (syntype of Sphingonotus airensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1581164; 237a2bfd-3d5f-437e-9c36-8aa5fcadf9d0: female, lateral view (syntype of Sphingonotus airensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1592207; e8f9047d-7af3-4938-8fd9-8cacffbd8008: female, labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1592207; e8f9047d-7af3-4938-8fd9-8cacffbd8008: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1592207; e8f9047d-7af3-4938-8fd9-8cacffbd8008: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1592207; e8f9047d-7af3-4938-8fd9-8cacffbd8008: female, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Sphingonotus femoralis Uvarov, 1933: 265.

    Holotype; male; 5f2d667e-3875-4533-98ff-247ae2bbd9c9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Arabian desert

  • Sphingonotus femoralis Uvarov, 1933 in Mistshenko, 1937: 141.
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  • Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) femoralis Uvarov, 1933 in Hodjat, Tork, Seiedy & Defaut, 2018: 54.
  • Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) femoralis Uvarov, 1933 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 194.

References (18)

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  • Chopard, L. (1950) Contribution a l'étude de l'Air. Orthoptèroldes. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 10, 127–145.
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  • Dey, L.-S., Saboori, A., Hodjat, S.H., Tork, M., Pahlow, F. & Husemann, M. (2018) A faunistic review of the Iranian species of Sphingonotus (Orthoptera, Oedipodinae) with an online key to species. Zootaxa, 4379(2), 151–176.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Fishelson, L. (1985) Fauna Palaestina. Insecta. Orthoptera: Acridoidea, 3, 1–240.
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Hodjat, S.H., Tork, M., Seiedy, M. & Defaut, B. (2018) A taxonomic review of recorded species of Caelifera (Orthoptera) in Iran. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 23, 35–75. Available at https://ascete.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/MOE_23_HODJAT_et_al_Acrididea_from-Iran_2018-01-02.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.
  • Husemann, M., Ray, J. & Hochkirch, A. (2011) A revision of the subgenus Parasphingonotus Benediktov & Husemann, 2009 (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae: Sphingonotini). Zootaxa, 2916, 51–61.
  • Ingrisch, S. (1999) Orthopteroid insects of Yemen. Esperiana, Schwanfeld, 7, 349–376.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1980) Ergebnisse einiger Sammelreisen nach Vorderasien 7. Mantodea und Saltatoria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 83, 575–584. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_83_0575-0584.pdf
  • Launois, M. (1978) Manuel pratique d'identification des principaux Acridiens du Sahel. Ministère de la Coopération et GERDAT, Paris, 304 pp.
  • 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.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • 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]
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1933) Orthoptera collected by Mr. Bertram Thomas in southern Arabia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1933, 259–271.

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