Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
Species

Pteroperina steini (Rehn, 1914)

CollectionObject 1502807; 50f24b2a-da4d-4c16-8b69-da08139de37e, DORSA EAptesteP01: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502807; 50f24b2a-da4d-4c16-8b69-da08139de37e, DORSA EAptesteP01: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502807; 50f24b2a-da4d-4c16-8b69-da08139de37e, DORSA EAptesteP01: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502807; 50f24b2a-da4d-4c16-8b69-da08139de37e, DORSA EAptesteP01: female, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502807; 50f24b2a-da4d-4c16-8b69-da08139de37e, DORSA EAptesteP01: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502807; 50f24b2a-da4d-4c16-8b69-da08139de37e, DORSA EAptesteP01: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 650; 01365c9c-cd53-439c-8a46-ae5c3dfd0880; Kenya Elgon National Park, 2011/11/18: female. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Pteropera steini Rehn, 1914: 122.

    Holotype; male; ac96b52c-7b93-4b45-b1a7-90cff6ff5e9d; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Rwanda: Gisenyi: Bugoie Forest

  • Pteroperina steini (Rehn, 1914) in Ramme, 1929: 365.
  • Pteroperina steini (Rehn, 1914) in Hollier & Heads, 2014: 69.
  • Pteroperina steini (Rehn, 1914) in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 182.

References (11)

  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1914) Orthoptera I: Mantidae, Phasmidae, Acrididae, Tettigoniidae und Gryllidae aus dem Zentral-Afrikanischen Gebiet, Uganda und dem Ituri-Becken des Kongo. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentralafrika Expedition 1907-1908, 5, 1–223. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/966177#page/7/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.
  • 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.
  • Petersen, G. & Gaedike, H. (1970) Katalog der in den Sammlungen des Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen II. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 20(1-2), 145–172. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/923
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 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
  • Hollier, J.A. & Heads, S.W. (2014) The type specimens of Orthoptera described by American entomologists in the collection of the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 121(1), 63–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/221120#page/65/mode/1up
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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