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Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) turkanae Uvarov, 1938

CollectionObject 1540967; 0d2715be-a94d-4cca-9c1e-962ebbef992c: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540967; 0d2715be-a94d-4cca-9c1e-962ebbef992c: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540967; 0d2715be-a94d-4cca-9c1e-962ebbef992c: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540967; 0d2715be-a94d-4cca-9c1e-962ebbef992c: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540967; 0d2715be-a94d-4cca-9c1e-962ebbef992c: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 0d2715be-a94d-4cca-9c1e-962ebbef992c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Kenya: Turkana, Komogin

Nomenclature (10)

  • Sphingonotus turkanae Uvarov, 1938: 164.

    Holotype; male; 0d2715be-a94d-4cca-9c1e-962ebbef992c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Kenya: Turkana, Komogin

  • Sphingonotus turkanae Uvarov, 1938 in Kevan, 1951: 716, 718.
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  • Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) turkanae Uvarov, 1938 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 202.
  • Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) turkanae Uvarov, 1938 in Felix, Bouwman, Odé, Ketelaar, Pham & Bailey, 2025: 77.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1959) Missione biologica Sagan-Omodiretta dal Prof. Edoardo Zavattari: Acridoidea. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale, 16, 61–66.
  • Felix, R., Bouwman, J., Odé, B., Ketelaar, R., Pham, D.M. & Bailey, J. (2025) The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae). Contributions to Entomology, 75(1), 21–166. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389
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  • 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.
  • Hemp, C. (2009) Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(2), 183–214. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0207
  • Husemann, M., Ray, J. & Hochkirch, A. (2011) A revision of the subgenus Parasphingonotus Benediktov & Husemann, 2009 (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae: Sphingonotini). Zootaxa, 2916, 51–61.
  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1951) Preliminary records of some Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from remote parts of East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4(43), 713–718.
  • Uvarov, B.P. & Popov, G.B. (1957) The saltatorial Orthoptera of Socotra. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 43, 359–389.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1938) Mission scientifique de l'Omo. Othoptera. III. Acrididae. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 8, 145–176.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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