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Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891

Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891: female habitus ( body length 30 mm). (Otu).
Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891: female habitus ( body length 30 mm). (Otu).
Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891: male abdomen tip. (Otu).
Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891: Male and female, dorsal view of live specimens, from Zamakoe in the South Cameroon Plateau. 06/2018. (Otu).
Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891: Male and female, lateral view of live specimens, from Zamakoe in the South Cameroon Plateau. 06/2018. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501277; cbc673ab-51ef-4bd0-903f-22c90b8675fb: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501277; cbc673ab-51ef-4bd0-903f-22c90b8675fb: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501277; cbc673ab-51ef-4bd0-903f-22c90b8675fb: male, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501277; cbc673ab-51ef-4bd0-903f-22c90b8675fb: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501277; cbc673ab-51ef-4bd0-903f-22c90b8675fb: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502325; 0770477c-803f-4021-a526-274c8f2f8fdb, DORSA BA000554S03: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502325; 0770477c-803f-4021-a526-274c8f2f8fdb, DORSA BA000554S03: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502325; 0770477c-803f-4021-a526-274c8f2f8fdb, DORSA BA000554S03: female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502325; 0770477c-803f-4021-a526-274c8f2f8fdb, DORSA BA000554S03: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502325; 0770477c-803f-4021-a526-274c8f2f8fdb, DORSA BA000554S03: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891: 188.

    Syntype; male; cbc673ab-51ef-4bd0-903f-22c90b8675fb; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station. Syntype; female; DORSA BA000554S03; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station

  • Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891 in Sjöstedt, 1910: 7.
  • Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891 in Yetchom Fondjo, Wandji, Zahiri, Hawlitschek & Hemp, 2025: 18.
  • Serpusia opacula Karsch, 1891 in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 492.

References (12)

  • 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
  • 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) Aspects of the ecology and distribution of grasshoppers in Ghana as a contribution to the zoogeography of West Africa. Journal of the West Africa Science Association, 8(2), 190–204.
  • 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.
  • Jago, N.D. (1970) A review of the genus Auloserpusia Rehn, 1914 (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Catanopinae) and its evolution in eastern Congo and western Uganda. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 122(5), 145–183. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1970.tb00530.x
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • 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
  • Hemp, C., Ritchie, J.M., Cigliano, M.M., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B., Linde, J.B., Uluar, O., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Song, H. (2025) Out of sight, out of mind? Ixalidiidae, a new family of African forest grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) revealed by molecular phylogenetics and genital morphology. Zoosystema, 47(24), 489–553. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a24

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