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Minihippus brevipennis (Miller, 1929)

FieldOccurrence 375; 56d27a14-b234-4b3f-82c4-e72eae5f86bc; Tanzania Tarangire National Park, 2016/02/??: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 375; 56d27a14-b234-4b3f-82c4-e72eae5f86bc; Tanzania Tarangire National Park, 2016/02/??: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 376; 3770ed3d-1ab9-47fc-802f-05528028bd9a; Tanzania Tarangire National Park, 2016/02/??: male. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Aulacobothrus brevipennis Miller, 1929: 71.

    Holotype; female; 2527495d-3f12-4c1c-ad7f-5bdaf3d9895b; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Tanzania: Chilangali

  • Afrohippus brevipennis (Miller, 1929) in Johnston, 1956: 679.
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  • Afrohippus brevipennis (Miller, 1929) in Johnsen, 1983: 49.
  • Minihippus brevipennis (Miller, 1929) in Jago, 1996: 101.

References (6)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 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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  • Johnsen, P. (1983) Description of a new genus, three new species and the hitherto unknown sex of three species of Orthoptera: Acridomorpha from tropical Africa. Natura Jutlandica, 21(4), 49–59.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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.
  • Miller, N.C.E. (1929) Acrididae collected in Tanganyika Territory. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 77, 61–97, pls. 5–11.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Short-winged.

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