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Afrophlaeoba usambarica (Ramme, 1929)

Usambara Forest Edge Grasshopper

CollectionObject 1501311; f639af75-22a4-49dc-9cfd-44bdb0697f8b: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501311; f639af75-22a4-49dc-9cfd-44bdb0697f8b: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501311; f639af75-22a4-49dc-9cfd-44bdb0697f8b: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501311; f639af75-22a4-49dc-9cfd-44bdb0697f8b: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501311; f639af75-22a4-49dc-9cfd-44bdb0697f8b: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501812; f96400eb-c3f1-4ca4-949f-7ea48c87102f: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501812; f96400eb-c3f1-4ca4-949f-7ea48c87102f: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501812; f96400eb-c3f1-4ca4-949f-7ea48c87102f: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501812; f96400eb-c3f1-4ca4-949f-7ea48c87102f: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Odontomelus usambaricus Ramme, 1929: 260.

    Holotype; male; f639af75-22a4-49dc-9cfd-44bdb0697f8b; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: East Usambara Mountains, Amani

  • Odontomelus usambaricus Ramme, 1929 in Dirsh, 1956
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  • Afrophlaeoba usambarica (Ramme, 1929) in Hochkirch, 2001
  • Afrophlaeoba usambarica (Ramme, 1929) in Hochkirch, 2010

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
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  • Hochkirch, A. (2001) In A phylogenetic analysis of the East African grasshopper genus Afrophlaeoba Jago, 1983 (Orthoptera:Acridoidea: Acridinae). Cuvillier Verlag, Göttingen. 1–193 pp.
  • Hochkirch, A. (2010) Niche conservatism among allopatric species of the grasshopper genus Afrophlaeoba Jago, 1983 in the Eastern Arc Mountains (Tanzania). In Relict species - phylogeography and conservation biology. Eds. Habel & Assmann, Springer, Heidelberg. 145–158 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1983) Flightless members of the Phlaeoba genus group in eastern and northeastern Africa and their evolutionary convergence with the genus Odontomelus and its allies (Orth.: Acridoidea, Acrididae, Acridinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 109(1), 77–126.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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