Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
species

Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932

East African Sword Grasshopper
Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932: female, lateral view. (Otu).
FieldOccurrence 153; 8496200b-f0f4-4ed5-837b-7397b358243b; Tanzania Lake Chala area eastern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro, 2012/05/??: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 154; 3582f0ed-5260-4816-903e-2ae61081a826; Tanzania Lake Chala area eastern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro, 2019/11/30: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932: 289.
  • Brachycrotaphus sjöstedti [sic] Uvarov, 1932: 289. (not Latin)

    Holotype; male; c5fba17b-f925-4127-8f0d-5e68feda5f19; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United Republic of Tanzania: Kilimanjaro: Mount Kilimanjaro

  • ... Show all ... (6)
  • Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932 in Otte, 1995: 112.
  • Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932 in Hemp, 2009: 209.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 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
  • ... Show all ... (4)
  • 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. (1950) Orthoptera from the hills of south-east Kenya. Journal of East Africa Natural History, 19, 192–221.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1932) A revision of the genus Brachycrotaphus Krauss (Orth. Acrid.). In Société Entomologique de France. Livre du Centenaire. 285–300 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) In Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London. Vol. 1, 481 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1023