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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Anischnansis burtti (Uvarov, 1941)

Usambara Splendid Grasshopper
FieldOccurrence 53; 8370cb90-1b36-4e00-9925-3f3a85db4c31; Tanzania Nilo Forest Reserve E Usambara, 2018/01/26: male, dorsal view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 53; 8370cb90-1b36-4e00-9925-3f3a85db4c31; Tanzania Nilo Forest Reserve E Usambara, 2018/01/26: male, dorsal view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 53; 8370cb90-1b36-4e00-9925-3f3a85db4c31; Tanzania Nilo Forest Reserve E Usambara, 2018/01/26: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 61; d2933970-f29e-41a6-bb60-9694a3607e02; Tanzania Amani E Usambara, 2017/11/17: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 69; 64904912-574e-4e4f-b33e-87adebb937b7; Tanzania Nilo forest reserve E Usambara, 2017/03/30: (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 70; 0849f55f-e907-4477-ba2e-fa034bd3b03d; Tanzania Nilo forest reserve E Usambara, 2017/03/30: male. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Ischnansis burtti Uvarov, 1941: 63.

    Holotype; male; 4c9b416b-d8e3-4954-9ea1-cf0d6aee8a0e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); TANZANIA Amani east Usambara Mountains 30 ix 1982 Otte #102

  • Ischnansis burtti Uvarov, 1941 in Johnston, 1956: 297.
  • Anischnansis burtti (Uvarov, 1941) in Otte, 1995: 269.
  • Anischnansis burtti (Uvarov, 1941) in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 22.

References (8)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1959) New genera and species of Acridoidea from tropical Africa (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 35, 21–39. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/155679
  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1941) New African Acrididae (Orthoptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 4, 47–71.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London, Vol. 1, 481 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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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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Species1012