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Rastafaria abessinica Ramme, 1931

Rastafaria abessinica Ramme, 1931: male (Ethiopia, SNNPR, Bench, Dembi Forest, April 2015). (Otu).
Rastafaria abessinica Ramme, 1931: male (Ethiopia, SNNPR, Bench, Dembi Forest, April 2015). (Otu).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Rastafaria abessinica Ramme, 1931: 932.

    Syntype; 6fa074b1-c769-45b5-a65f-37ad94a7f3b8; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Ethiopia

  • Rastafaria abessinica Ramme, 1931 in Johnston, 1956: 606.
  • Rastafaria abessinica Ramme, 1931 in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 76.
  • Gymnobothroides hypsophilia Jago, 1968 (subjective synonym of Rastafaria abessinica Ramme, 1931) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 76.

References (8)

  • Ramme, W. (1931) Ergänzungen und Berichtigungen zu meiner Arbeit "Afrikanische Acrididae" (Orth.). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 16(6), 918–945. [1930]
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Felix, R.P.W.H. & Massa, B. (2016) The Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia. Zootaxa, 4189(1), 1–59.
  • 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/

Descendants and synonyms

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