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Apoboleus degener Karsch, 1891

Apoboleus degener Karsch, 1891: Female, latero-dorsal view of live specimen, from Ongot in the South Cameroon Plateau. 09/2016. (Otu).
Apoboleus degener Karsch, 1891: Female, latero-dorsal view of live specimen, from Ongot in the South Cameroon Plateau. 09/2016. (Otu).
Apoboleus degener Karsch, 1891: Male, lateral view of live specimen, from Bipindi-Lolodorf in the South Cameroon Plateau. 10/2017. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501530; 1ec8dd7e-fdd2-47eb-adae-0bbd2907ab65, DORSA BA000167S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501530; 1ec8dd7e-fdd2-47eb-adae-0bbd2907ab65, DORSA BA000167S01: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501530; 1ec8dd7e-fdd2-47eb-adae-0bbd2907ab65, DORSA BA000167S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501530; 1ec8dd7e-fdd2-47eb-adae-0bbd2907ab65, DORSA BA000167S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501530; 1ec8dd7e-fdd2-47eb-adae-0bbd2907ab65, DORSA BA000167S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Apoboleus degener Karsch, 1891: 184.

    Holotype; female; DORSA BA000167S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station

  • Apoboleus degener Karsch, 1891 in Dirsh, 1956: 223.
  • Apoboleus degener Karsch, 1891 in Johnston, 1968: 233.
  • Apoboleus degener Karsch, 1891 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 30.

References (6)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1891) Verzeichnis der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss in Kamerun erbeuteten Acridiodeen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(1), 175–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.

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