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Platacanthoides reductus Dirsh, 1956

Drakensberg Agile Grasshopper

Platacanthoides reductus Dirsh, 1956: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Platacanthoides reductus Dirsh, 1956: male, lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 9b37fb3c-8eb1-4aae-9f37-93fd616dbfe4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Orange Free State: Witsieshoek [Phuthaditjhaba]

Nomenclature (3)

  • Platacanthoides reductus Dirsh, 1956: 185, 259.

    Holotype; male; 9b37fb3c-8eb1-4aae-9f37-93fd616dbfe4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Orange Free State: Witsieshoek [Phuthaditjhaba]

  • Platacanthoides reductus Dirsh, 1956 in Dirsh, 1965: 261.
  • Platacanthoides reductus Dirsh, 1956 in Johnston, 1968: 193.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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) In 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.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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