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Rowellacris usambarica (Ramme, 1929)

CollectionObject 1501239; 1d78f5f7-d185-4827-87e9-ed12890fc309, DORSA BA000802S01: male, lateral view (holotype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501239; 1d78f5f7-d185-4827-87e9-ed12890fc309, DORSA BA000802S01: male, lateral view (holotype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501239; 1d78f5f7-d185-4827-87e9-ed12890fc309, DORSA BA000802S01: male, dorsal view (holotype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501239; 1d78f5f7-d185-4827-87e9-ed12890fc309, DORSA BA000802S01: male, ventral view (holotype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501239; 1d78f5f7-d185-4827-87e9-ed12890fc309, DORSA BA000802S01: male, frontal view (holotype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501239; 1d78f5f7-d185-4827-87e9-ed12890fc309, DORSA BA000802S01: labels (holotype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501239; 1d78f5f7-d185-4827-87e9-ed12890fc309, DORSA BA000802S01: labels (holotype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502659; 2f3d92b2-67ee-4e40-b65c-980a0a721361: female, lateral view (paratype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502659; 2f3d92b2-67ee-4e40-b65c-980a0a721361: female, dorsal view (paratype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502659; 2f3d92b2-67ee-4e40-b65c-980a0a721361: female, ventral view (paratype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502659; 2f3d92b2-67ee-4e40-b65c-980a0a721361: female, frontal view (paratype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502659; 2f3d92b2-67ee-4e40-b65c-980a0a721361: labels (paratype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502659; 2f3d92b2-67ee-4e40-b65c-980a0a721361: labels (paratype of Ixalidium usambaricum). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Ixalidium usambaricum Ramme, 1929: 307. (valid in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 520)

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000802S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Usambara Mountains, Muafa

  • Ixalidium usambaricum Ramme, 1929 in Dirsh, 1956: 278.
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  • Ixalidium usambaricum Ramme, 1929 (subjective synonym of Ixalidium haematoscelis Gerstaecker, 1869) in Otte, 1995: 307.
  • Rowellacris usambarica (Ramme, 1929) in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 520.

References (8)

  • 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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1966) Acridoidea of Angola 1. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 74, 10–305.
  • Hemp, C., Ritchie, J.M., Cigliano, M.M., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B., Linde, J.B., Uluar, O., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Song, H. (2025) Out of sight, out of mind? Ixalidiidae, a new family of African forest grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) revealed by molecular phylogenetics and genital morphology. Zoosystema, 47(24), 489–553. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a24
  • 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.
  • 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.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012