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Parodontomelus brachypterus (Karny, 1917)

Southern Forest Grasshopper
Parodontomelus brachypterus (Karny, 1917): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Parodontomelus brachypterus (Karny, 1917): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Parodontomelus brachypterus (Karny, 1917): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Acteana brachyptera Karny, 1917: 132.

    Holotype; female; d71ec4f1-1a69-45b8-a71d-f00333822e04; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United Republic of Tanzania: Dar-Es-Salaam: Dar-es-Salaam

  • Acteana nigrogeniculata Karny, 1917: 133.

    Holotype; male; ed45da3b-2ef9-49e1-b5d1-0557dbe684bd; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United Republic of Tanzania: Dar-Es-Salaam: Dar-es-Salaam

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  • Parodontomelus brachypterus (Karny, 1917) in Hemp, 2017: 188.
  • Parodontomelus brachypterus (Karny, 1917) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 48.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hemp, C. (2017) Annotated checklist of Orthoptera from Kazimzumbwi forest reserve, the description of new species from Tanzania, East Africa and biogeographic patterns of threatened species. Zootaxa, 4226(2), 151–193.
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  • 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.
  • Karny, H.H. (1917) Ergebnisse der Forschungsreise des Herrn Dr. Adalbert Klaptocz nach Französisch Guinea. Orthoptera und Oothecaria. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 40(1-2), 119–146. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37614
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Knipper, H. (1961) Geradflügler aus Ostafrika (Orthopteroida, Dermapteroida und Blattopteroida). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 11(3-4), 356–413. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/506
  • Popov, G.B., Fishpool, L.D.C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2019) A review of the Acridinae s. str. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Acrididae) of eastern Africa with taxonomic changes and description of new taxa. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 28(1), 37–105. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/29312/

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