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Holopercna gerstaeckerii (Bolívar, 1890)

Holopercna gerstaeckerii (Bolívar, 1890): Male, dorsal view of live specimen, from Zamakoe in the South Cameroon Plateau. 06/2017. (Otu).
Holopercna gerstaeckerii (Bolívar, 1890): Male, dorsal view of live specimen, from Zamakoe in the South Cameroon Plateau. 06/2017. (Otu).

Nomenclature (22)

  • Duronia gerstaeckerii Bolívar, 1890: 311.

    Syntype; male; 070383ec-2895-464c-a614-6e8204264f2e; Ghana: Ashanti: Ashanti. Syntype; female; a6c6b8ec-f7fc-42f9-870f-c6a192d867aa; Ghana: Ashanti: Ashanti

  • Holopercna coelestis Karsch, 1891: 177.

    Syntype; male; 03e0cf5c-e170-4666-b4f6-fcc5be882f1b; Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station. Syntype; female; a428dc92-d8ff-4ef3-8f30-9839415e1abf; Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station

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  • Holopercna gerstaeckerii (Bolívar, 1890) in Mestre & Chiffaud, 2006: 171.
  • Holopercna gerstaeckeri [sic] Bolívar, 1890 (misspelling of Duronia gerstaeckerii Bolívar, 1890)

Nomenclature references (19)

  • Baccetti, B. (2004) Notulae Orthopterologicae. 53. Interesting reports from the Ivory Coast. Redia, 86, 23–33.
  • Bolívar, I. (1890) Diagnosis de ortópteros nuevos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 19, 299–333. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54768#page/303/mode/1up
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  • 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. (1909) Observaciones sobre los Truxalinos. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 9, 285–296. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17844#page/295/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1920) Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 92–142. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118
  • 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. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • 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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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. (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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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

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Etymology:

Dedicated to the German zoologist Carl Eduard Adolph Gerstaecker (1828–1895).

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