Orthoptera Species File

Species

Odontomelus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1869)

Odontomelus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1869): male (Kidia, 1430 m, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania). (Otu).

Odontomelus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1869): male (Kidia, 1430 m, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1501354; f502dcb4-848a-411e-9bae-f1ad20b83b6a, MfN 3929: individual without abdomen, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1501354; f502dcb4-848a-411e-9bae-f1ad20b83b6a, MfN 3929: individual without abdomen, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1501354; f502dcb4-848a-411e-9bae-f1ad20b83b6a, MfN 3929: individual without abdomen, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1501354; f502dcb4-848a-411e-9bae-f1ad20b83b6a, MfN 3929: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

FieldOccurrence 196; 31cbf1ae-bd5e-4b2b-bc3f-31446d3f79fb; Tanzania
Kidia southern slopes Kilimanjaro, 2006/05/26: female. (FieldOccurrence).

FieldOccurrence 200; 0017c5ed-fe70-4a12-a8f4-f1565b2cad5f; Tanzania
eastern slopes Kilimanjaro, 2022/02/10: female, dorsal view. (FieldOccurrence).

FieldOccurrence 201; e01ea0c5-bd4e-45a0-bd04-c0d77e022da5; Tanzania
Kichoni Estate Kilimanjaro, 2013/12/??: female. (FieldOccurrence).

FieldOccurrence 202; 0a9c76b1-bed1-4512-8118-1398a11028d1; Tanzania
eastern slopes Kilimanjaro, 2010/11/13: male. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (9)

Opomala [sic] brachyptera Gerstaecker, 1869: 216.
Holotype; female; MfN 3929; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: between Endara Mountains and Kiriama
Opomala [sic] brachyptera Gerstaecker, 1869 in Gerstaecker, 1873: 34.
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Odontomelus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Hemp & Hemp, 2003
Odontomelus brachypterus (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Hemp, 2009: 204.

References (9)

Bolívar, I. (1890) Diagnosis de ortópteros nuevos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 19, 299–333. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54768#page/303/mode/1up
Dirsh, V.M. (1955) Contributions a l'étude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Bsilewsky 1953). LIII. Orthotpera Acrididae. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge Tervuren (Belgique) Sciences Zoologiques, 40, 67–72.
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Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Reference to short wings.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	1	2