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Ritchiella asperata (Bolívar, 1882)

CollectionObject 1519994; a8e95bce-da87-463d-930d-8f1a8ef1075c: dorsal, lateral, labels, underside labels (male neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1519994; a8e95bce-da87-463d-930d-8f1a8ef1075c: dorsal, lateral, labels, underside labels (male neotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Acridium asperatum Bolívar, 1882: 112.

    Neotype; male; a8e95bce-da87-463d-930d-8f1a8ef1075c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Angola: Lomibala

  • Chondracris asperata (Bolívar, 1882) in Kevan, 1955: 72.
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  • Chondracris asperata (Bolívar, 1882) in Johnston, 1968: 281.
  • Ritchiella asperata (Bolívar, 1882) in Mungai, 1992: 269.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Bolívar, I. (1882) Etudes sur les insectes d'Angola qui trouvent au Muséum national de Lisbonne. Orthoptères. Jornal de sciências mathemáticas, physicas e naturaes (Ser. 1), 8, 107–119. [1881] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/jornald25323436187984acad#page/395/
  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1955) A further contribution to our knowledge of the Acrididae (Orthoptera) of Angola. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 24, 61–82.
  • Mungai, M.N. (1992) Revision of the Old World grasshopper genus Chondracris Uvarov 1923 (Orthoptera Acrididae Cyrtacanthacridinae), with description of a new genus. Tropical Zoology, 5(2), 255–277.

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