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Paraserpusia succursor (Karsch, 1896)

Paraserpusia succursor (Karsch, 1896): Fig. 31. female, dorsal view (body length 36 mm, pronotum 8.5 mm). (Otu).
Paraserpusia succursor (Karsch, 1896): Fig. 31. female, dorsal view (body length 36 mm, pronotum 8.5 mm). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501276; 30fcbc04-5142-4aa3-9daa-5d5668d4dc32: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501276; 30fcbc04-5142-4aa3-9daa-5d5668d4dc32: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501276; 30fcbc04-5142-4aa3-9daa-5d5668d4dc32: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501276; 30fcbc04-5142-4aa3-9daa-5d5668d4dc32: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501276; 30fcbc04-5142-4aa3-9daa-5d5668d4dc32: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501278; ee9ed228-cc2b-4d64-9455-712217381366: female, lateral view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501278; ee9ed228-cc2b-4d64-9455-712217381366: female, dorsal view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501278; ee9ed228-cc2b-4d64-9455-712217381366: female, ventral view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501278; ee9ed228-cc2b-4d64-9455-712217381366: female, frontal view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501278; ee9ed228-cc2b-4d64-9455-712217381366: labels (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502802; 8e8d8747-a2ec-4187-b45d-808d644c8ef1: male, lateral view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502802; 8e8d8747-a2ec-4187-b45d-808d644c8ef1: male, dorsal view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502802; 8e8d8747-a2ec-4187-b45d-808d644c8ef1: male, ventral view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502802; 8e8d8747-a2ec-4187-b45d-808d644c8ef1: male, frontal view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502802; 8e8d8747-a2ec-4187-b45d-808d644c8ef1: labels (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502803; d35ad958-f308-4db3-bc50-ef59fffb69fc: female, dorsal view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502803; d35ad958-f308-4db3-bc50-ef59fffb69fc: labels (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502804; 31527615-a1a5-47e4-839c-9108fa93fd99: male, dorsal view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502804; 31527615-a1a5-47e4-839c-9108fa93fd99: labels (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502805; cdf04cb4-10c8-42af-9e06-d85b9b9eca03: male, dorsal view (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502805; cdf04cb4-10c8-42af-9e06-d85b9b9eca03: labels (syntype of Serpusia deminuta). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Ptemoblax succursor Karsch, 1896: 312.

    Holotype; female; 30fcbc04-5142-4aa3-9daa-5d5668d4dc32; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • Ptemoblax succursor Karsch, 1896 in Bolívar, 1905: 237.
  • Serpusia succursor (Karsch, 1896) in Johnston, 1968: 235.
  • Paraserpusia succursor (Karsch, 1896) in Yetchom Fondjo, Wandji, Zahiri, Hawlitschek & Hemp, 2025: 36.

References (12)

  • 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
  • Bolívar, I. (1905) Ortópteros acridioideos de la Guinea española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 209–240. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44407#page/248/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1908) Etude sur quelques Acridiens d'Afrique. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 242–248. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1908_num_13_14_24368
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Jago, N.D. (1964) Five new grasshoppers from Africa with notes on the genera Auloserpusia Rehn, 1914 and Lobopoma Karsch. 1896 (Orth. Acrididae). Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 40, 205–228. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/160194
  • 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.
  • Yetchom Fondjo, J.A., Wandji, A.C., Zahiri, R., Hawlitschek, O. & Hemp, C. (2025) Integrative taxonomy revealed cryptic diversity in the West African grasshopper genus Serpusia Karsch, 1891 (Orthoptera: Catantopinae). Insects, 16(1020), 1–60. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16101020

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for helper.

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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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Species1056