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Pteropera verrucigena Karsch, 1891

CollectionObject 1501271; 22d751d4-c3e9-4a57-a3ba-4db2279dbc7d, DORSA BA000175S01: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501271; 22d751d4-c3e9-4a57-a3ba-4db2279dbc7d, DORSA BA000175S01: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501271; 22d751d4-c3e9-4a57-a3ba-4db2279dbc7d, DORSA BA000175S01: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501271; 22d751d4-c3e9-4a57-a3ba-4db2279dbc7d, DORSA BA000175S01: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501271; 22d751d4-c3e9-4a57-a3ba-4db2279dbc7d, DORSA BA000175S01: male, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501271; 22d751d4-c3e9-4a57-a3ba-4db2279dbc7d, DORSA BA000175S01: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502801; 9d8b4927-82bb-4ba5-812b-5efa5c3050ae, DORSA BA000175S02: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502801; 9d8b4927-82bb-4ba5-812b-5efa5c3050ae, DORSA BA000175S02: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502801; 9d8b4927-82bb-4ba5-812b-5efa5c3050ae, DORSA BA000175S02: female, ventral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502801; 9d8b4927-82bb-4ba5-812b-5efa5c3050ae, DORSA BA000175S02: female, frontal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502801; 9d8b4927-82bb-4ba5-812b-5efa5c3050ae, DORSA BA000175S02: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Pteropera verrucigena Karsch, 1891: 186.
  • Pteropera verrucigena Karsch, 1891 in Sjöstedt, 1910: 7.
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  • Pteropera verrucigena Karsch, 1891 in Donskoff, 1981: 85.
  • Pteropera verrucigena Karsch, 1891 in Yetchom Fondjo, Nzoko Fiemapong, Tindo, Fite, Ivković & Husemann, 2024: 234.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1891) Verzeichnis der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss in Kamerun erbeuteten Acridiodeen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(1), 175–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • 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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. Acridiodea. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 31, 1–9. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42929#page/13/mode/1up
  • 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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