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Coryphosima abyssinica (Uvarov, 1934)

CollectionObject 1569857; 5e579ca0-1101-4fd3-b6d0-aa4269bb2b4e: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569857; 5e579ca0-1101-4fd3-b6d0-aa4269bb2b4e: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569857; 5e579ca0-1101-4fd3-b6d0-aa4269bb2b4e: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569857; 5e579ca0-1101-4fd3-b6d0-aa4269bb2b4e: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569857; 5e579ca0-1101-4fd3-b6d0-aa4269bb2b4e: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569857; 5e579ca0-1101-4fd3-b6d0-aa4269bb2b4e: female, left hind femur (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569857; 5e579ca0-1101-4fd3-b6d0-aa4269bb2b4e: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Paracomacris abyssinicus Uvarov, 1934: 601. (valid)

    Holotype; male; 498b7c2d-c7b7-4078-a186-3983026a6a0a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Ethiopia: Wouramboulchi, near Jem-Jem

  • Paracomacris abyssinica Uvarov, 1934 in Johnston, 1956: 619.
  • Coryphosima abyssinica (Uvarov, 1934) in Otte, 1995: 273.
  • Coryphosima abyssinica (Uvarov, 1934) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 73.

References (9)

  • Uvarov, B.P. (1934) Entomological expedition to Abyssinia 1926-7. Orthoptera of the families Mantidae, Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, and Acrididae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 38, 591–614.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Acridological notes. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 101, 51–63. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89774#page/65/mode/1up
  • Descamps, M. (1965) Acridoides du Mali (deuxième contribution). Regions de San et Sikasso (zone soudanaise) (1 partie) et (2 partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 922–962, 1259–1314.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1966) Acridoidea of Angola 2. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 74, 310–527.
  • 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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