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Rhaphotittha leai (Uvarov, 1941)

Rhaphotittha leai (Uvarov, 1941): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Rhaphotittha leai (Uvarov, 1941): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Rhaphotittha leai (Uvarov, 1941): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Afrohippus leai Uvarov, 1941: 54.

    Holotype; male; 9bc6d528-abfa-4f5f-87ef-ae59dae0ed33; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United Republic of Tanzania: Mbeya: Lake Rukwa

  • Afrohippus leai Uvarov, 1941 in Dirsh, 1956: 281.
  • Afrohippus leai Uvarov, 1941 in Centre for Overseas Pest Research, 1982: 557.
  • Rhaphotittha leai (Uvarov, 1941) in Jago, 1996: 113.

References (10)

  • Uvarov, B.P. (1941) New African Acrididae (Orthoptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 4, 47–71.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Chapman, R.F. & Robertson, I.A.D. (1958) The egg pods of some tropical African grasshoppers. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 21(1), 85–112.
  • Robertson, I.A.D. & Chapman, R.F. (1962) Notes on the biology of some grasshoppers from the Rukwa Valley, S. W. Tanganyika (Orth. Acrididae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 38, 51–114. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157589
  • Anderson, N.L. (1964) Observations on some grasshoppers of the Rukwa Valley, Tanganyika. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 143(3), 395–403.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1996) Review of western and eastern African genera of the Dnopherula complex (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Gomphocerinae) with description of new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 5, 69–124. https://doi.org/10.2307/3503585

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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