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Sphodromerus tuareg tuareg Uvarov, 1943

CollectionObject 1520152; 1ecb555d-41a6-439a-8dc4-b324c9a03cb5: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520152; 1ecb555d-41a6-439a-8dc4-b324c9a03cb5: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520152; 1ecb555d-41a6-439a-8dc4-b324c9a03cb5: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520152; 1ecb555d-41a6-439a-8dc4-b324c9a03cb5: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597121; fa317596-8e04-4f47-b983-c8c76f2b4dbf: dorsal view of male paratype. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597121; fa317596-8e04-4f47-b983-c8c76f2b4dbf: lateral view of male paratype. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597121; fa317596-8e04-4f47-b983-c8c76f2b4dbf: labels of male paratype. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Sphodromerus tuareg Uvarov, 1943: 72, 78.

    Holotype; female; 1ecb555d-41a6-439a-8dc4-b324c9a03cb5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Algeria: Algerian Sahara, Ahaggar Mountains

  • Sphodromerus tuareg Uvarov, 1943 in Dirsh, 1956: 223.
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  • Sphodromerus tuareg Uvarov, 1943 in Johnston, 1968: 190.
  • Sphodromerus tuareg Uvarov, 1943 in Massa, 2009: 82.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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) In 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.
  • La Greca, M. (1957) Risultati delle missioni entomologiche dell'Istituto di Bologna nel Nord-Africa compiute dai Dottori G. Fiori ed E. Mellini. XIII. Blattoidea, Mantoidea, Orthoptera. Bollettino dell'Istituto di Entomologia della R. Università degli studi di Bologna, 22, 51–62. [1958]
  • Massa, B. (2009) Annotated check-list of Orthoptera of Libya. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 75–93. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0109
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1943) A revision of the genera Sphodromerus, Metromerus and Sphodronotus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 2, 69–85. [1941]

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After the nomadic Tuareg people who inhabit the Sahara.

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