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Species

Calliptamulus natalensis (Sjöstedt, 1913)

Natal Agile Grasshopper
Calliptamulus natalensis (Sjöstedt, 1913): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Calliptamulus natalensis (Sjöstedt, 1913): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Calliptamulus natalensis (Sjöstedt, 1913): lateral view. (Otu).
FieldOccurrence 338; 409feab5-eb51-4083-b65a-cbe28b115823; Tendele Royal Natal Park Drakenberg KwaZulu Natal, 2014/01/??: female, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 339; 0e913c6f-f03c-475d-86fc-94f2f2d27931; Tendele Royal Natal Park Drakenberg KwaZulu Natal, 2014/01/??: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 340; 892f844f-9055-40e1-b3de-3eb5269883e3; Wittieshoek, Drakensberge Kwa Zulu Natal, 2014/01/??: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 340; 892f844f-9055-40e1-b3de-3eb5269883e3; Wittieshoek, Drakensberge Kwa Zulu Natal, 2014/01/??: male. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Eurythymus [sic] natalensis Sjöstedt, 1913: 21.

    Holotype; female; b51ec984-148f-4c4e-8a67-59cc2ffbae7e; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: Appelsbosch

  • Calliptamulus roseipennis Uvarov, 1922: 161.

    Holotype; male; 6ccd6d77-3bd9-4ba2-9110-ee9090c82132; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); South Africa: Western Cape: Knysna

  • Calliptamulus roseipennis Uvarov, 1922 (subjective synonym of Eurythymus [sic] natalensis Sjöstedt, 1913) in Johnston, 1968: 199.
  • Calliptamulus natalensis (Sjöstedt, 1913) in Johnston, 1968: 193, 199.

References (6)

  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1913) Neue Orthopteren aus Ost-und Westafrika nebst einigen anderen zugehörigen Formen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 8(6), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30180#page/99/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1922) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum. 2. The group of Calliptamini. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 48, 117–177. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51053#page/193/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1034