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Pteropera spleniata (Karsch, 1896)

CollectionObject 1501270; 54921445-ecb5-4cd9-a38a-b733d48f0d31, DORSA BA000177S01: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501270; 54921445-ecb5-4cd9-a38a-b733d48f0d31, DORSA BA000177S01: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501270; 54921445-ecb5-4cd9-a38a-b733d48f0d31, DORSA BA000177S01: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501270; 54921445-ecb5-4cd9-a38a-b733d48f0d31, DORSA BA000177S01: male, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501270; 54921445-ecb5-4cd9-a38a-b733d48f0d31, DORSA BA000177S01: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501270; 54921445-ecb5-4cd9-a38a-b733d48f0d31, DORSA BA000177S01: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502728; 8c79cc2a-1cae-4b0b-95b7-68d19522eb51, DORSA BA000177S02: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502728; 8c79cc2a-1cae-4b0b-95b7-68d19522eb51, DORSA BA000177S02: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502728; 8c79cc2a-1cae-4b0b-95b7-68d19522eb51, DORSA BA000177S02: female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502728; 8c79cc2a-1cae-4b0b-95b7-68d19522eb51, DORSA BA000177S02: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502728; 8c79cc2a-1cae-4b0b-95b7-68d19522eb51, DORSA BA000177S02: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Serpusia spleniata Karsch, 1896: 308.

    Syntype; male; DORSA BA000177S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Angola: Cabinda: Chinchoxo. Syntype; female; DORSA BA000177S02; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Angola: Cabinda: Chinchoxo

  • Serpusia spleniata Karsch, 1896 in Kirby, 1910: 473.
  • Pteropera spleniata (Karsch, 1896) in Donskoff, 1981: 79.
  • Pteropera spleniata (Karsch, 1896) in Yetchom Fondjo, Nzoko Fiemapong, Tindo, Fite, Ivković & Husemann, 2024: 252, 255, 257.

References (7)

  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Donskoff, M. (1981) Les acridiens de la foret africaine 1. Revision du genre Pteropera Karsch 1891 (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 17(1), 33–88. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6141355v/f42.item
  • Yetchom Fondjo, J.A., Nzoko Fiemapong, A.R., Tindo, M., Fite, T., Ivković, S. & Husemann, M. (2024) Taxonomic review of the grasshopper genus Pteropera Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera, Acrididea, Catantopinae) with description of three new species and a preliminary phylogeny of the Cameroonian species. ZooKeys, 1216, 219–264. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1216.130270

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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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