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Melinocatantops somalicus (Sjöstedt, 1931)

Melinocatantops somalicus (Sjöstedt, 1931): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Melinocatantops somalicus (Sjöstedt, 1931): female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1530190; 0f672c92-1c9e-46ab-bf85-8df4ac61563c: dorsal view, female (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530190; 0f672c92-1c9e-46ab-bf85-8df4ac61563c: lateral view, female (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2072514; 90ef0cd2-b227-4a8c-b805-ad375a743d09: lateral view, male (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Catantops somalicus Sjöstedt, 1931: 40.

    Holotype; female; 0f672c92-1c9e-46ab-bf85-8df4ac61563c; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Somalia: Jubbada Dhexe: Alessandra

  • Catantops somalicus Sjöstedt, 1931 in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 233.
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  • Melinocatantops somalicus (Sjöstedt, 1931) in Baccetti, 1987: 13-113.
  • Melinocatantops somalicus (Sjöstedt, 1931) in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 138.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Baccetti, B. (1987) Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects (Ellis Horwood series in entomology and acarology). Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, England, 612 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. & Uvarov, B.P. (1953) Preliminary diagnoses of new genera and new synonymy in Acrididae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 96, 231–237. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89813#page/259/mode/1up
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Preliminary revision of the genus Catantops Schaum and review of the group Catantopini (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 28, 11–151.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1984) The alate genera of east African Catantopinae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) including revision of the genus Catantops Schaum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 110(3), 295–387.
  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Knipper, H. (1961) Geradflügler aus Ostafrika (Orthopteroida, Dermapteroida und Blattopteroida). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 11(3-4), 356–413. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/506
  • 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.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1931) Acridiodea aus Kongo und anderen Teilen von Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi, 22A(15), 64 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to distribution in Somalia.

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