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Subspecies

Pteropera karschi zenkeri Ramme, 1929

CollectionObject 1501272; efb77044-243d-4f75-bc6b-235bdc5a4c62, DORSA BA000178S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501272; efb77044-243d-4f75-bc6b-235bdc5a4c62, DORSA BA000178S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501272; efb77044-243d-4f75-bc6b-235bdc5a4c62, DORSA BA000178S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501272; efb77044-243d-4f75-bc6b-235bdc5a4c62, DORSA BA000178S01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501272; efb77044-243d-4f75-bc6b-235bdc5a4c62, DORSA BA000178S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501272; efb77044-243d-4f75-bc6b-235bdc5a4c62, DORSA BA000178S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Pteropera zenkeri Ramme, 1929: 362.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000178S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud: Océan: Bipindi

  • Pteropera zenkeri Ramme, 1929 in Johnston, 1956: 292.
  • Pteropera karschi zenkeri Ramme, 1929 in Donskoff, 1981: 71.
  • Pteropera karschi zenkeri Ramme, 1929 in Yetchom Fondjo, Nzoko Fiemapong, Tindo, Fite, Ivković & Husemann, 2024: 229.

References (7)

  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1956) Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons 1949-50: XV. Orthoptera: Acrididae. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 18(3), 960–977.
  • 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.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After the German gardener and naturalist Georg August Zenker (1855–1922) who collected the holotype.

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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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Subspecies1012