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Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896

Tanzanian Coast Grasshopper
Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896: Fig. 7. female. (Otu).
Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896: Fig. 7. female. (Otu).
Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896: p. 255. original description. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501304; 97eb138a-a151-4e35-9241-878426a0e188: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501304; 97eb138a-a151-4e35-9241-878426a0e188: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501304; 97eb138a-a151-4e35-9241-878426a0e188: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501304; 97eb138a-a151-4e35-9241-878426a0e188: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501304; 97eb138a-a151-4e35-9241-878426a0e188: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896: 255.

    Holotype; female; 97eb138a-a151-4e35-9241-878426a0e188; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Zanzibar

  • Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896 in Ramme, 1929: 274.
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  • Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896 in Otte, 1995: 265.
  • Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896 in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 99.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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.
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 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/
  • 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.

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