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Ritchiella rungwensis Mungai, 1992

CollectionObject 1504940; 99e6eac6-4094-4b3c-9f8f-caec3c9a75e3: dorsal, lateral, labels, underside labels (male holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504940; 99e6eac6-4094-4b3c-9f8f-caec3c9a75e3: dorsal, lateral, labels, underside labels (male holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569416; f7f2dfc3-a708-437a-9439-8e20a5196ffe: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569416; f7f2dfc3-a708-437a-9439-8e20a5196ffe: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569416; f7f2dfc3-a708-437a-9439-8e20a5196ffe: male, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569416; f7f2dfc3-a708-437a-9439-8e20a5196ffe: male, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569416; f7f2dfc3-a708-437a-9439-8e20a5196ffe: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597142; c571f23a-8be9-4b34-a5ba-14db146c971d: dorsal, lateral, labels, underside labels (female paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Ritchiella rungwensis Mungai, 1992: 270.

    Holotype; male; 99e6eac6-4094-4b3c-9f8f-caec3c9a75e3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); United Republic of Tanzania: Mbeya: Rungwe Mountains, 1.6-3.2 km SE of Kiwira Forest Station

  • Ritchiella rungwensis Mungai, 1992 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 84.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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. (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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