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Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950

Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950: female lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; a651e8aa-441f-439d-aa2a-3cdfa00455e5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Nigeria: Bauchi: Azare

Nomenclature (12)

  • Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950: 407, 412.

    Holotype; male; a651e8aa-441f-439d-aa2a-3cdfa00455e5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Nigeria: Bauchi: Azare

  • Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950 in Johnston, 1956: 458.
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  • Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950 in Hollier, 2010: 810.
  • Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 144.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • 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.
  • Descamps, M. (1965) Acridoides du Mali (deuxième contribution). Regions de San et Sikasso (zone soudanaise) (1 partie) et (2 partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 922–962, 1259–1314.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2010) An annotated list of primary types of Orthoptera (Insecta) described by Boris Uvarov and deposited in the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 117(4), 807–810. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148553#page/254/mode/1up
  • Jago, N.D. (1964) Aspects of the ecology and distribution of grasshoppers in Ghana as a contribution to the zoogeography of West Africa. Journal of the West Africa Science Association, 8(2), 190–204.
  • Jago, N.D. (1966) Descriptions of new species of West African grasshoppers with taxonomic notes on some species recently mentioned in the literature (Orth. Acridoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 41, 343–371. [1965] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/162020
  • Jago, N.D. (1967) A key, check list and synonymy to the species formerly included in the genera Caloptenopsis I. Bolivar, 1889, and Acorypha Krauss, 1877 (Orth. Calliptaminae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 42(3-4), 397–462. [1966] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/162710
  • 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.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) In Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2017) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae. 237 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1950) The genus Caloptenopsis I. Bolivar and its allies (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, tomo extraordinario, 385–413. [1951] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/154299
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Acorypha modesta Uvarov, 1950

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