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Diabolocatantops axillaris axillaris (Thunberg, 1815)

Diabolocatantops axillaris axillaris (Thunberg, 1815): 2013 Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Diabolocatantops axillaris axillaris (Thunberg, 1815): 2013 Natural History Museum, London. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Diabolocatantops axillaris axillaris (Thunberg, 1815): lateral view. (Otu).
Diabolocatantops axillaris axillaris (Thunberg, 1815): Page 149, Figure 1. female, lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; b71d892e-be9b-49fa-abd2-aa2db986e2c3; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); Cape Verde

Nomenclature (46)

  • Gryllus axillaris Thunberg, 1815: 250.

    Holotype; female; b71d892e-be9b-49fa-abd2-aa2db986e2c3; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); Cape Verde

  • Acridium debilitatum Serville, 1838: 684.

    Syntype; 012062cf-6935-4b6c-adda-51b1bca95f78; Senegal

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  • Diabolocatantops axillaris axillaris (Thunberg, 1815) in Lecoq, 2019: 63-65.
  • Diabolocatantops axillaris (Thunberg, 1815) in Felix, Bouwman, Odé, Ketelaar, Pham & Bailey, 2025: 47.

Nomenclature references (36)

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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Preliminary revision of the genus Catantops Schaum and review of the group Catantopini (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 28, 11–151.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Felix, R., Bouwman, J., Odé, B., Ketelaar, R., Pham, D.M. & Bailey, J. (2025) The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae). Contributions to Entomology, 75(1), 21–166. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389
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  • Jago, N.D. (1984) The alate genera of east African Catantopinae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) including revision of the genus Catantops Schaum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 110(3), 295–387.
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