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Brachycrotaphus karschi Uvarov, 1926

CollectionObject 1502265; 673e7bd7-59cd-42fb-beb5-ee082aae698c: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502265; 673e7bd7-59cd-42fb-beb5-ee082aae698c: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502265; 673e7bd7-59cd-42fb-beb5-ee082aae698c: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502265; 673e7bd7-59cd-42fb-beb5-ee082aae698c: male, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502265; 673e7bd7-59cd-42fb-beb5-ee082aae698c: male, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502265; 673e7bd7-59cd-42fb-beb5-ee082aae698c: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Brachycrotaphus karschi Uvarov, 1926: 413-53.

    Holotype; male; 138549ff-ea39-46ab-8aae-c8eb6d99be34; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Nigeria: Bauchi: Azare

  • Brachycrotaphus karschi Uvarov, 1926 in Uvarov, 1932: 290, 298.
  • Brachycrotaphus karschi Uvarov, 1926 in Centre for Overseas Pest Research, 1982: 519.
  • Brachycrotaphus karschi Uvarov, 1926 in Mestre & Chiffaud, 2006: 79.

References (10)

  • Uvarov, B.P. (1926) Grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Northern Nigeria. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 413–453. [1925] https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1926.tb02644.x
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1932) A revision of the genus Brachycrotaphus Krauss (Orth. Acrid.). In Société Entomologique de France. Livre du Centenaire. 285–300 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Davey, J.T., Descamps, M. & Demange, R. (1959) Notes on the Acrididae of the French Sudan with special reference to the Central Niger Delta (I, II). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 21(1-2), 60–112, 565–600.
  • Descamps, M. (1965) Acridoides du Mali (deuxième contribution). Regions de San et Sikasso (zone soudanaise) (1 partie) et (2 partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 922–962, 1259–1314.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1968) A checklist of the grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) recorded from Ghana, with biological notes and extracts from the recent literature. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 94, 209–353.
  • 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.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.

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