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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956

Matopo Agile Grasshopper
Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956: dorsal view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956: dorsal view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956: male lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956: 121-272.

    Holotype; male; 2d5e6cf7-8c42-44ae-bfdb-c08efb1ae735; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Zimbabwe: Matopo Hills

  • Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956 in Dirsh, 1965: 264.
  • Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956 in Johnsen, 1980: 25.
  • Amblyphymus matopo Dirsh, 1956 in Johnsen, 1990: 6.

References (5)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Johnsen, P. (1980) New records of shorthorned grasshoppers from Botswana, with a description of Rhodesiana cuneicerca n. sp. (Insecta: Acridomorpha). Botswana Notes & Record, 12(1), 23–33. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/botnotes/12/1/AJA052550590_870
  • Johnsen, P. (1990) A new genus and three new species of Acridoidea with notes on some lesser known species from southern Africa (Orthoptera). Natura Jutlandica, 23(1), 1–22.

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