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Acanthacris aithioptera Mungai, 1987

Nomenclature (4)

  • Acanthacris aithioptera Mungai, 1987: 811.

    Holotype; female; 2877dfe5-445e-470c-a68c-33d1adad70f1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Zambia: Northern: Lake Chila, Abercorn [Mbala]

  • Acanthacris aithioptera Mungai, 1987 in Mungai, Lange, Muriuki, Ingrisch, Oyieke, Muchai & Lampe, 2013: 93.
  • Acanthacris aethioptera [sic] Mungai, 1987 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 39.
  • Acanthacris aethioptera [sic] Mungai, 1987 (misspelling of Acanthacris aithioptera Mungai, 1987)

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Mungai, M.N. (1987) The African grasshopper genus Acanthacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Cyrtacanthacridinae). Journal of Natural History, 21(4)(4), 807–823.
  • Mungai, M.N., Lange, C.N., Muriuki, J.M., Ingrisch, S., Oyieke, H., Muchai, M. & Lampe, K.-H. (2013) Type specimens of the insect orders Orthoptera, Blattodea and Dermaptera in the collection of the National Museums of Kenya. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, Supplementum(60), 93–97. Available at http://archive.org/details/biostor-228364

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