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Plegmapteropsis gracilis Dirsh, 1956

Richtersveld Agile Grasshopper

Plegmapteropsis gracilis Dirsh, 1956: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Plegmapteropsis gracilis Dirsh, 1956: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Plegmapteropsis gracilis Dirsh, 1956: female, lateral view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 7842d63a-1c43-4c2b-8276-47289cc7aa2a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Namibia: Auas

Nomenclature (6)

  • Plegmapteropsis gracilis Dirsh, 1956: 213.
  • Plegmapteropsis gracilis Dirsh, 1956: 278.

    Holotype; male; 7842d63a-1c43-4c2b-8276-47289cc7aa2a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Namibia: Auas

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  • Plegmapteropsis gracilis Dirsh, 1956 in Johnston, 1968: 204.
  • Plegmapteropsis gracilis Dirsh, 1956 in Otte, 1995: 173.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • 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. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
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  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) In Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London. Vol. 1, 481 pp.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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