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Cardeniopsis nigripes (Miller, 1929)

CollectionObject 1501197; c9d27400-f489-445d-817a-68c3014eaa3e, DORSA BA000252S01: female, lateral view (holotype of Cardeniopsis oxycephalus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501197; c9d27400-f489-445d-817a-68c3014eaa3e, DORSA BA000252S01: female, lateral view (holotype of Cardeniopsis oxycephalus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501197; c9d27400-f489-445d-817a-68c3014eaa3e, DORSA BA000252S01: female, dorsal view (holotype of Cardeniopsis oxycephalus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501197; c9d27400-f489-445d-817a-68c3014eaa3e, DORSA BA000252S01: female, ventral view (holotype of Cardeniopsis oxycephalus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501197; c9d27400-f489-445d-817a-68c3014eaa3e, DORSA BA000252S01: female, frontal view (holotype of Cardeniopsis oxycephalus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501197; c9d27400-f489-445d-817a-68c3014eaa3e, DORSA BA000252S01: labels (holotype of Cardeniopsis oxycephalus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Cardenius nigripes Miller, 1929: 92. (valid)

    Holotype; male; 2acce7b8-8abb-44e3-949b-caf8cc17d63e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Tubugwe

  • Cardenius oxycephalus Ramme, 1929: 419.

    Holotype; female; DORSA BA000252S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Lake Rukwa, Mount Maemia

  • Cardeniopsis nigripes (Miller, 1929) in Johnston, 1968: 251.
  • Cardeniopsis nigripes (Miller, 1929) in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 70.

References (9)

  • Miller, N.C.E. (1929) Acrididae collected in Tanganyika Territory. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 77, 61–97, pls. 5–11.
  • Ramme, W. (1929) Afrikanische Acrididae. Revisionen und Beschreibungen wenig bekannter und neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 15, 247–492.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1955) Revision of the genera Cardenius I. Bolivar, Cardeniopsis gen. n. and Cardenioides gen. n. (Acridoidea, Orthoptera). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 24, 83–113.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Vesey-Fitzgerald (1964) An ecological survey of grasshoppers of the subfamily Catantopinae in Eastern Central Africa. Revista de Entomologia de Moçambique, 7(1), 333–378.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1966) Acridoidea of Angola 1. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 74, 10–305.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 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.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023