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Zacompsa festa Karsch, 1893

Zacompsa festa Karsch, 1893: Page 203, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
Zacompsa festa Karsch, 1893: Page 203, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501404; 216ad9d5-16a4-44fa-908d-af4556f98d3c: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501404; 216ad9d5-16a4-44fa-908d-af4556f98d3c: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501404; 216ad9d5-16a4-44fa-908d-af4556f98d3c: male, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501404; 216ad9d5-16a4-44fa-908d-af4556f98d3c: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501405; 0dcd1c55-c030-41d1-832a-cd455ee18c8b: male, lateral view (holotype of Zacompsa festa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501405; 0dcd1c55-c030-41d1-832a-cd455ee18c8b: male, dorsal view (holotype of Zacompsa festa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501405; 0dcd1c55-c030-41d1-832a-cd455ee18c8b: male, ventral view (holotype of Zacompsa festa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501405; 0dcd1c55-c030-41d1-832a-cd455ee18c8b: labels (holotype of Zacompsa festa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502339; 782511d6-e34c-4db2-8876-570d04c7841c: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502339; 782511d6-e34c-4db2-8876-570d04c7841c: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502339; 782511d6-e34c-4db2-8876-570d04c7841c: female, ventral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502339; 782511d6-e34c-4db2-8876-570d04c7841c: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569940; 3fd3071b-bcb4-4581-b9c4-228cbde96244: female, dorsal view (paratype of Zacompsa karschi). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569940; 3fd3071b-bcb4-4581-b9c4-228cbde96244: labels (paratype of Zacompsa karschi). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (36)

  • Zacompsa festa Karsch, 1893: 74.

    Lectotype; male; 216ad9d5-16a4-44fa-908d-af4556f98d3c; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg

  • Zacompsa bivittata Uvarov, 1926

    Holotype; female; 7b071ea9-d051-4af6-b4b1-17a4beca940f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Nigeria: Bauchi: Azare

  • Zacompsa helonoma Jago, 1966 (subjective synonym of Zacompsa festa Karsch, 1893) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 97.
  • Zacompsa karschi Ramme, 1929 (subjective synonym of Zacompsa festa Karsch, 1893) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 97.

References (23)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1926) Grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae) from Northern Nigeria. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 413–453. [1925] https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1926.tb02644.x
  • Ramme, W. (1929) Afrikanische Acrididae. Revisionen und Beschreibungen wenig bekannter und neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 15, 247–492.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Chopard, L. (1958) La reserve naturelle integrale du Mont Nimba, fasciule IV. III. Acridiens (Mission M. Lamotte, fevrier-juin 1942). Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 53, 127–153.
  • Davey, J.T., Descamps, M. & Demange, R. (1959) Notes on the Acrididae of the French Sudan with special reference to the Central Niger Delta (I, II). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 21(1-2), 60–112, 565–600.
  • Roy, R. (1961) Orthoptera Acridoidea. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba fasc. II. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 62, 109–136. [1962]
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1964) Acridoidea. Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba, 44(3), 49–96.
  • Roy, R. (1964) Recites de M. A. Villers dans les dunes côtières du Sénégal (1961). Orthoptères et ordres voisins. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 26, 1177–1198.
  • 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.
  • Roy, R. (1965) Contribution a l'étude de la faune de la basse Casamance (Sénégal) XIV. Orthopteres Acridoidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 614–631.
  • Jago, N.D. (1966) Descriptions of new species of West African grasshoppers with taxonomic notes on some species recently mentioned in the literature (Orth. Acridoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 41, 343–371. [1965] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/162020
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1970) Acridoidea of the Congo (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 8(182), 1–605.
  • Launois, M. (1978) Manuel pratique d'identification des principaux Acridiens du Sahel. Ministère de la Coopération et GERDAT, Paris, 304 pp.
  • Popov, G.B., Launois-Luong, M.H. & Van der Weel, J.J. (1990) Les oothèques des criquets du Sahel. Collection Acridologie opérationelle. Ministère des Affaires Etrangères & Cirad-Gerdat-Prifas, La Haye (Pays Bas) & Montpellier (France). Available at http://locust.cirad.fr/ouvrages_pratiques/pdf/DFPV7.pdf
  • Mestre, J. (2001) Notes systematiques sur les genres Epistaurus, Bryophyma, Zacompsa et Acrotylus en Afrique de l'Ouest (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 106(5), 483–495. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2001_num_106_5_16797
  • Roy, R. (2003) Les Acridiens du Nimba et de sa région. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 190, 311–391. Available at http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/abrev/Acridi.pdf
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2010) An annotated list of type specimens of Orthoptera (Insecta) described by Ferdinand Karsch and deposited in the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 117(1), 17–22. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148549#page/19/mode/1up
  • 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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