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Orthacanthacris humilicrus (Karsch, 1896)

Orthacanthacris humilicrus (Karsch, 1896): Fig. 25. female, dorsal view (body length 60 mm, tegmina 74 mm). (Otu).
Orthacanthacris humilicrus (Karsch, 1896): Fig. 25. female, dorsal view (body length 60 mm, tegmina 74 mm). (Otu).
Orthacanthacris humilicrus (Karsch, 1896): Page 167, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
FieldOccurrence 128; 429ebaba-dbf2-4706-a1d1-cf799fa02531; Tanzania near Lake Jipe North Pare, 2018/02/17: wing detail. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 128; 429ebaba-dbf2-4706-a1d1-cf799fa02531; Tanzania near Lake Jipe North Pare, 2018/02/17: female, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 128; 429ebaba-dbf2-4706-a1d1-cf799fa02531; Tanzania near Lake Jipe North Pare, 2018/02/17: female, pronotum. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 129; cbdaad78-4f6e-4af4-9f1d-0711fcaa0a18; Mpwapwa District near Gulwe, 2020/03/??: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 129; cbdaad78-4f6e-4af4-9f1d-0711fcaa0a18; Mpwapwa District near Gulwe, 2020/03/??: male, head and pronotum. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 129; cbdaad78-4f6e-4af4-9f1d-0711fcaa0a18; Mpwapwa District near Gulwe, 2020/03/??: male, wing detail. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (20)

  • Cyrtacanthacris humilicrus Karsch, 1896: 301.

    Holotype; female; 36bb6d9c-be46-4339-b902-1043e415012f; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Dodoma: Ugogo

  • Orthacanthacris humilicrus (Karsch, 1896) in Kirby, 1910: 444.
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  • Orthacanthacris humilicrus (Karsch, 1896) in Hollier, 2010: 21.
  • Orthacanthacris humilicrus (Karsch, 1896) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 76.

Nomenclature references (20)

  • Baccetti, B. & Hollis, D. (1966) Orthoptera–Acridoidea (Notulae orthopterologicae, XXIII). Ricerche sulla fauna della Somalia promosse dall’Istituto di Zoologia e dal Museo Zoologico dell’Universita di Firenze: XXVI. Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento, 74, 273–284. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03749444.1966.10736745
  • 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.
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  • Descamps, M. & Le Breton, J. (1973) Contribution a l'étude biologique de Senegal septentrional. 23. Orthoptères Acridoidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 35(1), 104–129.
  • 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.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • 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
  • Johnston, H.B. (1928) On the occurrence of Orthacanthacris humilicrus Karsch (Acrididae) in the Sudan. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 64(766), 55–56.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Orthoptera-Caelifera from northern Kenya and Jubaland IV. Acrididae, s. str.: Colopteninae, Euryphyminae, Eyprepocnemidinae, Catantopinae, Cytacanthacridinae. Journal of Natural History, 1, 75–96.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • 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]
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1918) Neue Orthopteren aus Afrika und Madagaskar. Arkiv för Zoologi, 12(1), 1–18. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30230#page/9/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1923) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orthoptera, Acrididae). II. Genera Phyxacra to Willemsea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 11, 473–490. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107006#page/501/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London, Vol. 1, 481 pp.
  • Vesey-Fitzgerald (1964) An ecological survey of grasshoppers of the subfamily Catantopinae in Eastern Central Africa. Revista de Entomologia de Moçambique, 7(1), 333–378.

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