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Species

Coenona brevipedalis Karsch, 1896

East African Forest Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1501213; e019dd78-e78f-449c-b0be-09f5648aaba7, DORSA BA000165S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501213; e019dd78-e78f-449c-b0be-09f5648aaba7, DORSA BA000165S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501213; e019dd78-e78f-449c-b0be-09f5648aaba7, DORSA BA000165S01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501213; e019dd78-e78f-449c-b0be-09f5648aaba7, DORSA BA000165S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501213; e019dd78-e78f-449c-b0be-09f5648aaba7, DORSA BA000165S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501213; e019dd78-e78f-449c-b0be-09f5648aaba7, DORSA BA000165S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 62; a6cbd490-484c-43da-b2bf-47ec7ba147aa; Tanzania Vumari S Pare, 2019/02/15: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 62; a6cbd490-484c-43da-b2bf-47ec7ba147aa; Tanzania Vumari S Pare, 2019/02/15: (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 105; 1a0ef3e1-9f60-4a60-96b8-f2d0c5309f58; Tanzania N Pare Mount Kindoroko, 2013/03/??: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 106; 666b5f2c-c72c-4865-b447-e2b7aeaaa8bb; S Pare near Kisiwani dry forest, 2018/05/??: pair mating. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 107; 4cb3bb80-2ae6-44a1-be33-a8a04a884996; Tanzania N Pare Ngofi, 2009/01/??: female. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Coenona brevipedalis Karsch, 1896: 307.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000165S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Zanzibar

  • Coenona brevipedalis Karsch, 1896 in Kirby, 1910: 473.
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  • Coenona brevipedalis Karsch, 1896 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 90.
  • Coenona brevipedalis Karsch, 1896 in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 492.

References (9)

  • 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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  • 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.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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

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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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Species1001