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Species

Comacris semicarinatus (Gerstaecker, 1869)

CollectionObject 1501315; 031c7b33-85fd-41d7-86b1-ce4668ad8c46: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501315; 031c7b33-85fd-41d7-86b1-ce4668ad8c46: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501315; 031c7b33-85fd-41d7-86b1-ce4668ad8c46: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501315; 031c7b33-85fd-41d7-86b1-ce4668ad8c46: male, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501315; 031c7b33-85fd-41d7-86b1-ce4668ad8c46: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Chrysochraon semicarinatus Gerstaecker, 1869

    Syntype; male; 031c7b33-85fd-41d7-86b1-ce4668ad8c46; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Kenya: Wanga

  • Chrysochraon semicarinatus Gerstaecker, 1869 in Gerstaecker, 1873: 39.
  • Comacris sansibaricus Bolívar, 1890 (subjective synonym of Chrysochraon semicarinatus Gerstaecker, 1869) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 68.
  • Comacris semicarinatus (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 68.

References (13)

  • Gerstaecker, A. (1869) Beitrag zur Insekten-Fauna von Zanzibar. No. II. Orthoptera et Neuroptera. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 35(1), 201–223. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31346#page/209/mode/1up
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1873) Die Gliedertier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. C.F. Winter'sche, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 452 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40556#page/13/mode/1up
  • 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
  • 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
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1900) Vorarbeiten zu einer Orthopterologie Ostafrika's II. Einige Gattungen Feldheuschrecken, Acridodea. Entomologische Nachrichten, 26, 274–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42207#page/290/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Phipps, J. (1959) Studies in East African Acrididae (Orthoptera), with special reference to egg-production, habitats and seasonal cycles. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 111, 27–56.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Phipps, J. (1966) The habitat and seasonal distribution of some East African grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 41, 25–36.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • 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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