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Species

Coryphosima amplificata (Johnston, 1937)

Nomenclature (9)

  • Paracomacris amplificata Johnston, 1937: 217. (valid)

    Holotype; male; 302dda42-4cd1-497a-a6ef-ea9ef7be840d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Kenya: Central: Mount Kenya

  • Paracomacris amplificata Johnston, 1937 in Johnston, 1956: 620.
  • Rastafaria amplificata (Johnston, 1937) in Bouvy, 1982: 430.
  • Coryphosima amplificata (Johnston, 1937) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 75.

References (9)

  • Johnston, H.B. (1937) The Acrididae of Mt. Kenya, East Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 6(12), 217–223.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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.
  • Jago, N.D. (1968) New African taxa in the genus Gymnobothroides (Acridinae: Acrididae, Orthoptera). Notulae Naturae, 417, 1–14.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Bouvy, E.H. (1982) Five new Acridoidea from Lubumbashi, Zaire and redescription of one species and genus (Orthoptera). Revue de Zoologie Africaine, 96(2), 399–438.
  • 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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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034