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Kevanacris squamiptera (Kevan, 1956)

Ethiopian Agile Grasshopper

Nomenclature (7)

  • Surudia squamiptera Kevan, 1956: 24.

    Holotype; male; fd5c7c9e-b916-4b4e-9982-50d887de1aae; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Ethiopia: Somali: Ogaden, near El Mara

  • Kevanacris squamiptera (Kevan, 1956) in Dirsh, 1961: 379.
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  • Kevanacris squamiptera (Kevan, 1956) in Otte, 1995: 169.
  • Kevanacris squamiptera (Kevan, 1956) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 16.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1961) Notes on Acridoidea of Africa, Madagascar and Asia (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 37, 379–398. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157307
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
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  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1956) New East African Acrididae (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 20–35.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1967) Orthoptera-Caelifera from northern Kenya and Jubaland IV. Acrididae, s. str.: Colopteninae, Euryphyminae, Eyprepocnemidinae, Catantopinae, Cytacanthacridinae. Journal of Natural History, 1, 75–96.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivesquamipterus, squamiptera, squamipterum
Etymology:

Scaly-winged, relating to the tegmina, developed as small scale-like lobes.

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