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Species

Coryphosima elgonensis (Uvarov, 1930)

Nomenclature (11)

  • Paracomacris elgonensis Uvarov, 1930: 249.

    Holotype; male; 5716c81a-ed67-4596-ac15-cbc5879c38a3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Uganda: Kapchorwa: Mount Elgon

  • Paracomacris loveni Sjöstedt, 1933: 215-16.

    Syntype; 730f720b-3c45-457c-8e91-cc93d4ff244d; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Uganda: Kapchorwa: Mount Elgon

  • Paracomacris loveni Sjöstedt, 1933 (subjective synonym of Paracomacris elgonensis Uvarov, 1930) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 73.
  • Coryphosima elgonensis (Uvarov, 1930) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 73.

References (9)

  • 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. (1956) 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.
  • 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/
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Neue Acrididen von dem Mt. Elgon und dem Brit. Ostafrika. Vorläufige Diagnosen. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 54, 214–216.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1930) A new Alpine grasshopper (Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Mount Elgon. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5(26), 249–250.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1938) Mission scientifique de l'Omo. Othoptera. III. Acrididae. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 8, 145–176.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1023