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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).

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

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  • Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932 in Otte, 1995: 112.
  • Brachycrotaphus sjostedti Uvarov, 1932 in Hemp, 2009: 209.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In 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
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  • 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.
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