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Dnopherula descampsi Hollis, 1966

Dnopherula descampsi Hollis, 1966: Page 283, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Dnopherula descampsi Hollis, 1966: Page 283, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Dnopherula descampsi Hollis, 1966: 302.

    Holotype; male; 3f3053f0-f9ef-432f-a2d1-bfe88e03cf92; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone: Northern: Kukuna

  • Phorenula acerosa Jago, 1966: 359.

    Holotype; male; 5d122a43-78b8-403f-aaba-1b9fc389bfaf; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Ghana: N. Region, Momo

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  • Dnopherula descampsi Hollis, 1966 in Jago, 1996
  • Dnopherula descampsi Hollis, 1966 in Mestre & Chiffaud, 2006: 122.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Hollis, D. (1966) A revision of the genus Dnopherula Karsch (Orth. Acridoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 41, 267–329. [1965] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/161927
  • Jago, N.D. (1966) Descriptions of new species of West African grasshoppers with taxonomic notes on some species recently mentioned in the literature (Orth. Acridoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 41, 343–371. [1965] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/162020
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  • Jago, N.D. (1967) A key to the grasshopper species (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) recorded from Ghana. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 119, 235–266.
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) In Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.

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Etymology:

Named after the French entomologist and grasshopper specialist Marius Descamps (1924–1996).

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