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Apoboleus ludius (Karsch, 1896)

Apoboleus ludius (Karsch, 1896): Fig. 30. male, dorsal view (body length 21 mm, pronotum 6 mm). (Otu).
Apoboleus ludius (Karsch, 1896): Fig. 30. male, dorsal view (body length 21 mm, pronotum 6 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501532; c51b7534-0115-4b9e-93ca-c6855898267e, DORSA BA000163S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501532; c51b7534-0115-4b9e-93ca-c6855898267e, DORSA BA000163S01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501532; c51b7534-0115-4b9e-93ca-c6855898267e, DORSA BA000163S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501532; c51b7534-0115-4b9e-93ca-c6855898267e, DORSA BA000163S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501532; c51b7534-0115-4b9e-93ca-c6855898267e, DORSA BA000163S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Ptemoblax ludius Karsch, 1896: 311.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000163S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Plateaux: Misahöhe

  • Ptemoblax ludius Karsch, 1896 in Kirby, 1910: 474.
  • Apoboleus ludius (Karsch, 1896) in Mestre & Chiffaud, 2006: 64.
  • Ptemoblax ludius Karsch, 1896 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 219.

References (12)

  • Chopard, L. (1958) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba, fasciule IV. III. Acridiens (Mission M. Lamotte, fevrier-juin 1942). Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 53, 127–153.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1962) New species and new records of Acrididae (Orthoptera) from West Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 31, 137–150.
  • 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. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1955) A further contribution to our knowledge of the Acrididae (Orthoptera) of Angola. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 24, 61–82.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Phipps, J. (1962) The ovaries of some Sierra Leone Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some comparisons between East and West African forms. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 37, 13–21.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.
  • Roy, R. (2003) Les Acridiens du Nimba et de sa région. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 190, 311–391. Available at http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/abrev/Acridi.pdf

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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