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Serpusia catamita Karsch, 1893

CollectionObject 1500296; 7ac2eda7-8540-414b-84ca-3b557d10083f, MfN BA000814S01: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500296; 7ac2eda7-8540-414b-84ca-3b557d10083f, MfN BA000814S01: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500296; 7ac2eda7-8540-414b-84ca-3b557d10083f, MfN BA000814S01: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500296; 7ac2eda7-8540-414b-84ca-3b557d10083f, MfN BA000814S01: male, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500296; 7ac2eda7-8540-414b-84ca-3b557d10083f, MfN BA000814S01: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500296; 7ac2eda7-8540-414b-84ca-3b557d10083f, MfN BA000814S01: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502324; 2358f8fc-5b4d-423b-a9fb-515755fd94f2, DORSA BA000814S03: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502324; 2358f8fc-5b4d-423b-a9fb-515755fd94f2, DORSA BA000814S03: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502324; 2358f8fc-5b4d-423b-a9fb-515755fd94f2, DORSA BA000814S03: female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502324; 2358f8fc-5b4d-423b-a9fb-515755fd94f2, DORSA BA000814S03: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502324; 2358f8fc-5b4d-423b-a9fb-515755fd94f2, DORSA BA000814S03: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Serpusia catamita Karsch, 1893: 9.

    Syntype; male; MfN BA000814S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg. Syntype; female; DORSA BA000814S03; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg. Syntype; a0e371be-994b-4f41-a80f-a0bc85d6f95f; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg

  • Serpusia catamita Karsch, 1893 in Kirby, 1910: 473.
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  • Serpusia catamita Karsch, 1893 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 219.
  • Serpusia catamita Karsch, 1893 in Yetchom Fondjo, Wandji, Zahiri, Hawlitschek & Hemp, 2025: 32.

Nomenclature references (14)

  • Chopard, L. (1958) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba, fasciule IV. III. Acridiens (Mission M. Lamotte, fevrier-juin 1942). Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 53, 127–153.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1963) La Réserve Naturelle Intégrale du Mont Nimba Vl Orthoptera Acridoidea (Second contribution). Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 66, 207–220.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1962) New species and new records of Acrididae (Orthoptera) from West Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 31, 137–150.
  • 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
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/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
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) In Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.
  • Roy, R. (1960) Importance écologique des orthoptères dans l'ouest africain. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 22(1), 198–206.
  • Roy, R. (2003) Les Acridiens du Nimba et de sa région. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 190, 311–391. Available at http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/abrev/Acridi.pdf
  • 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

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