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Gemeneta terrea Karsch, 1892

Gemeneta terrea Karsch, 1892: Male, lateral view of live specimen, from Ongot in the South Cameroon Plateau. 07/2017. (Otu).
Gemeneta terrea Karsch, 1892: Male, lateral view of live specimen, from Ongot in the South Cameroon Plateau. 07/2017. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501226; c602135b-8dd0-4bf8-a673-809440a5625d, DORSA BA000503S01: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501226; c602135b-8dd0-4bf8-a673-809440a5625d, DORSA BA000503S01: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501226; c602135b-8dd0-4bf8-a673-809440a5625d, DORSA BA000503S01: male, vental view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501226; c602135b-8dd0-4bf8-a673-809440a5625d, DORSA BA000503S01: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501226; c602135b-8dd0-4bf8-a673-809440a5625d, DORSA BA000503S01: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502299; a51ea567-260a-4486-8a80-1bb01799c157, DORSA BA000503S03: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502299; a51ea567-260a-4486-8a80-1bb01799c157, DORSA BA000503S03: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502299; a51ea567-260a-4486-8a80-1bb01799c157, DORSA BA000503S03: female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502299; a51ea567-260a-4486-8a80-1bb01799c157, DORSA BA000503S03: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502299; a51ea567-260a-4486-8a80-1bb01799c157, DORSA BA000503S03: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Gemeneta terrea Karsch, 1892: 72.

    Syntype; male; DORSA BA000503S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Fako: Buea. Syntype; female; DORSA BA000503S03; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Fako: Buea

  • Gemeneta terrea Karsch, 1892 in Sjöstedt, 1910: 9.
  • Gemeneta terrea Karsch, 1892 in Oumarou-Ngoute & Kekeunou, 2017: 163.
  • Gemeneta terrea Karsch, 1892 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 118.

References (12)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1892) Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss im Kamerungebirge erbeuteten Orthopteren. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 37, 65–78. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101149
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. Acridiodea. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 31, 1–9. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42929#page/13/mode/1up
  • 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. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • 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. (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.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • 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.

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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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