Skip to main content
CollectionObject 1568037; 15cc7a7a-225b-45ac-af42-a80c2104acd7: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568037; 15cc7a7a-225b-45ac-af42-a80c2104acd7: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568037; 15cc7a7a-225b-45ac-af42-a80c2104acd7: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568037; 15cc7a7a-225b-45ac-af42-a80c2104acd7: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568037; 15cc7a7a-225b-45ac-af42-a80c2104acd7: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568037; 15cc7a7a-225b-45ac-af42-a80c2104acd7: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Odontomelus somalicus Johnsen & Schmidt, 1982: 82.

    Holotype; female; d65974a2-45ef-4c00-844f-b9d27ac9ce35; deposited at: Museo Zoologico La Specola, Universita di Firenze (MZUF); Somalia: Shabeellaha Hoose: Afgoi [Afgooye]

  • Odontomelus somalicus Johnsen & Schmidt, 1982 in Baccetti, 1987: 86, 104.
  • Odontomelus somalicus Johnsen & Schmidt, 1982 in Jago, 1995: 432.

References (3)

  • Johnsen, P. & Schmidt, G.H. (1982) Notes on, and a check-list of Acridoidea (Saltatoria) collected in Somalia (East Africa). Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento, 16(3), 69–119.
  • Baccetti, B. (1987) Evolutionary Biology of Orthopteroid Insects (Ellis Horwood series in entomology and acarology). Ellis Horwood Ltd., Chichester, England, 612 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1995) Odontomelus I. Bolivar 1890 (Orthoptera Acridoidea Acrididae Acridinae): savanna-woodland grasshoppers with a major radiation of flightless species in eastern Africa. Tropical Zoology, 7(2), 367–450. [1994] Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03946975.1994.10539266

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Reference to distribution in Somalia.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001