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Subspecies

Ochrilidia gracilis gracilis (Krauss, 1902)

CollectionObject 1501502; f20c9ee6-6445-4bf7-9762-dd15ac328835, DORSA BA000364S01: male, dorsal view (holotype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501502; f20c9ee6-6445-4bf7-9762-dd15ac328835, DORSA BA000364S01: male, dorsal view (holotype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501502; f20c9ee6-6445-4bf7-9762-dd15ac328835, DORSA BA000364S01: male, lateral view (holotype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501502; f20c9ee6-6445-4bf7-9762-dd15ac328835, DORSA BA000364S01: male, ventral view (holotype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501502; f20c9ee6-6445-4bf7-9762-dd15ac328835, DORSA BA000364S01: male, frontal view (holotype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501502; f20c9ee6-6445-4bf7-9762-dd15ac328835, DORSA BA000364S01: labels (holotype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501503; 92e5c15f-41db-4f00-95e2-296a57decaff, DORSA BA000362S01: female, dorsal view (holotype of Platypterna obtusa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501503; 92e5c15f-41db-4f00-95e2-296a57decaff, DORSA BA000362S01: female, lateral view (holotype of Platypterna obtusa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501503; 92e5c15f-41db-4f00-95e2-296a57decaff, DORSA BA000362S01: female, ventral view (holotype of Platypterna obtusa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501503; 92e5c15f-41db-4f00-95e2-296a57decaff, DORSA BA000362S01: female, frontal view (holotype of Platypterna obtusa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501503; 92e5c15f-41db-4f00-95e2-296a57decaff, DORSA BA000362S01: labels (holotype of Platypterna obtusa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530743; 1321a58d-9d34-4ae7-b1a1-d99ff77b61ee, DORSA SAplagraHTM: male, dorsal view (holoype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530743; 1321a58d-9d34-4ae7-b1a1-d99ff77b61ee, DORSA SAplagraHTM: male, dorsal view (holoype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530743; 1321a58d-9d34-4ae7-b1a1-d99ff77b61ee, DORSA SAplagraHTM: male, frontal view (holoype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530743; 1321a58d-9d34-4ae7-b1a1-d99ff77b61ee, DORSA SAplagraHTM: male, ventral view (holoype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530743; 1321a58d-9d34-4ae7-b1a1-d99ff77b61ee, DORSA SAplagraHTM: male, lateral view (holoype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530743; 1321a58d-9d34-4ae7-b1a1-d99ff77b61ee, DORSA SAplagraHTM: male, head and antennae (holoype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530743; 1321a58d-9d34-4ae7-b1a1-d99ff77b61ee, DORSA SAplagraHTM: epiproct (holoype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530743; 1321a58d-9d34-4ae7-b1a1-d99ff77b61ee, DORSA SAplagraHTM: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591730; b4c9c089-1128-4a29-913c-b105573cebf8: female, dorsal view (paratype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591730; b4c9c089-1128-4a29-913c-b105573cebf8: female, lateral view (paratype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591730; b4c9c089-1128-4a29-913c-b105573cebf8: female, ventral view (paratype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591730; b4c9c089-1128-4a29-913c-b105573cebf8: female, frontal view (paratype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591730; b4c9c089-1128-4a29-913c-b105573cebf8: labels (paratype of Platypterna aethiopica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591736; 8a119bfe-1bf4-4c65-b2aa-c122240e7a65: male, dorsal view (paratype of Platypterna affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591736; 8a119bfe-1bf4-4c65-b2aa-c122240e7a65: male, lateral view (paratype of Platypterna affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591736; 8a119bfe-1bf4-4c65-b2aa-c122240e7a65: male, ventral view (paratype of Platypterna affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591736; 8a119bfe-1bf4-4c65-b2aa-c122240e7a65: male, frontal view (paratype of Platypterna affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1591736; 8a119bfe-1bf4-4c65-b2aa-c122240e7a65: labels (paratype of Platypterna affinis). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (50)

  • Platypterna gracilis Krauss, 1902: 231, 236.

    Holotype; male; DORSA SAplagraHTM; deposited at: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany (SMNS); Algeria: Ghardaïa: Ghardaïa

  • Platypterna acuta Bolívar, 1908: 244.

    Holotype; female; d1df8ad0-3860-442c-8f67-8effd9f87d1f; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Iran: Mohammarah

  • Ochrilidia gracilis gracilis (Krauss, 1902) in Tlili, Abdellaoui, Chintauan-Marquier, Ben Chouikha, Moussi, Ammar & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2020: 621.
  • Platypterna gracilis Krauss, 1902 in Louveaux, Garcin & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2022: 230.

References (38)

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