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Gymnobothrus levipes levipes (Karsch, 1896)

CollectionObject 1501333; 1a5bf21b-62c1-4f1b-bb08-083d559dc533: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501333; 1a5bf21b-62c1-4f1b-bb08-083d559dc533: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501333; 1a5bf21b-62c1-4f1b-bb08-083d559dc533: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501333; 1a5bf21b-62c1-4f1b-bb08-083d559dc533: male, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501333; 1a5bf21b-62c1-4f1b-bb08-083d559dc533: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502387; c9222158-a9bb-4998-bdf9-abd311d5aaaf: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502387; c9222158-a9bb-4998-bdf9-abd311d5aaaf: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502387; c9222158-a9bb-4998-bdf9-abd311d5aaaf: female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502387; c9222158-a9bb-4998-bdf9-abd311d5aaaf: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 175; 3487c1fb-f955-48d3-ac06-efc86bc6ff46; Tanzania southern slopes Kilimanjaro, 2012/10/04: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 176; 25da5164-ad20-4882-a3f6-f487a4d0dde2; Tanzania Kichoni Estate Kilimanjaro, 2013/12/??: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 177; 266c530e-cd3f-486e-8890-576a2ce6f67f; Tanzania southern slopes Kilimanjaro, 2012/10/04: male. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Chrysochraon levipes Karsch, 1896: 255.

    Syntype; male; 1a5bf21b-62c1-4f1b-bb08-083d559dc533; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Kilimanjaro: Mount Kilimanjaro, Djagga Madjame. Syntype; female; c9222158-a9bb-4998-bdf9-abd311d5aaaf; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Kilimanjaro: Mount Kilimanjaro, Djagga Madjame

  • Chortoicetes levipes (Karsch, 1896) in Sjöstedt, 1910: 167.
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  • Gymnobothroides montanus Kevan, 1950 (subjective synonym of Chrysochraon levipes Karsch, 1896) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 89.
  • Gymnobothrus levipes levipes (Karsch, 1896) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 89.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hemp, C. & Hemp, A. (2003) Saltatoria coenoses of high-altitude grasslands on Mt. Kilimanjaro Tanzania (Orthoptera: Saltatoria). Ecotropica, 9, 71–97. Available at http://www.soctropecol.eu/publications/pdf/9%201-2/Hemp,%20Hemp,%202003.pdf
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  • Hemp, C. (2009) Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(2), 183–214. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0207
  • Jago, N.D. (1968) New African taxa in the genus Gymnobothroides (Acridinae: Acrididae, Orthoptera). Notulae Naturae, 417, 1–14.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1950) Orthoptera from the hills of south-east Kenya. Journal of East Africa Natural History, 19, 192–221.
  • 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. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 7. Acridiodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 149–199. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/265/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Light-footed.

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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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subspecies1045