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Species

Duviardia vansomereni (Kevan, 1956)

FieldOccurrence 113; 343090c9-e426-4e13-ac96-1e3678bc241b; Tanzania Brakenhurst near Limuru Aberdare slopes, 2017/05/16: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 113; 343090c9-e426-4e13-ac96-1e3678bc241b; Tanzania Brakenhurst near Limuru Aberdare slopes, 2017/05/16: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 114; fb010cf6-aa89-4849-b505-8f7bf49196ee; Karen Ngong Hills, 2006/05/11: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 115; 237d02d3-b9cb-44f0-8ee5-cc45bfbabaa4; Kenya Meru Forest Reserve Mount Kenya, 2017/05/23: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 116; 70242001-921d-490a-a487-fde8b707b288; Kenya Karen Ngong, 2006/05/11: pair mating. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Aresceutica vansomereni Kevan, 1956: 20.

    Holotype; male; 034cfd9b-24fc-46c4-b4f5-5a4929499970; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Kenya: Central: Aberdare Mountains, Katamayu

  • Aresceutica vansomereni Kevan, 1956 in Dirsh, 1965: 336.
  • Duviardia vansomereni (Kevan, 1956) in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 104, 219.
  • Aresceutica vansomerni [sic] (Kevan, 1956) (misspelling of Aresceutica vansomereni Kevan, 1956)

References (7)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1956) New East African Acrididae (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 20–35.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Orthoptera-Caelifera from northern Kenya and Jubaland IV. Acrididae, s. str.: Colopteninae, Euryphyminae, Eyprepocnemidinae, Catantopinae, Cytacanthacridinae. Journal of Natural History, 1, 75–96.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Paul, J. (1997) One and a half years of Kenyan Orthoptera: 2. Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae and spur-throated Acrididae. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 109, 193–198. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30062433#page/211/mode/1up
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Jago, N.D. & Hemp, C. (2018) Revision of Aresceutica (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae) with comments on related genera. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 27(2), 107–118. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/23441/

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After the zoologist Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren (1886–1976) who collected the specimens.

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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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Species1023