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Gemeneta opilionoides (Bolívar, 1905)

Gemeneta opilionoides (Bolívar, 1905): Female, lateral view of live specimen, from Ngoyla in the South Cameroon Plateau. 06/2019. (Otu).
Gemeneta opilionoides (Bolívar, 1905): Female, lateral view of live specimen, from Ngoyla in the South Cameroon Plateau. 06/2019. (Otu).
Gemeneta opilionoides (Bolívar, 1905): Female, dorsal view of live specimen, from Ngutadjap in the South Cameroon Plateau. 06/2018. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1504973; 0fb53863-5a9c-46ae-89ee-a19d34af8bef: female, lateral view (holotype of Gemeneta rostrotuberculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504973; 0fb53863-5a9c-46ae-89ee-a19d34af8bef: female, dorsal view (holotype of Gemeneta rostrotuberculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504973; 0fb53863-5a9c-46ae-89ee-a19d34af8bef: female, labels (holotype of Gemeneta rostrotuberculata). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Escalera opilionoides Bolívar, 1905: 232.

    Holotype; female; f95b8daf-fa0f-46d3-b570-de8cc5376330; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Equatorial Guinea: Litoral: Cabo San Juan

  • Escalera opilionoides Bolívar, 1905 in Johnston, 1956: 216.
  • Gemeneta opilionoides (Bolívar, 1905) in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 118.
  • Gemeneta opilionoides (Bolívar, 1905) in Oumarou-Ngoute, 2024: 269.

References (9)

  • Bolívar, I. (1905) Ortópteros acridioideos de la Guinea española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 209–240. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44407#page/248/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1956) Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons 1949-50: XV. Orthoptera: Acrididae. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 18(3), 960–977.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Synonymic and taxonomic notes on Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 34, 25–32. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/155357
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Kekeunou, S. (2017) Redescription and diagnosis of the African genus Gemeneta Karsch, 1892 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 26(2), 161–170. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/19995/
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.
  • Oumarou-Ngoute, C. (2024) New records of Gemeneta opilionoides (Orthoptera, Catantopinae) in the world’s second largest rainforest. Zootaxa, 5519(2), 269–278. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5519.2.6

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