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Paraspathosternum pedestre (Miller, 1929)

CollectionObject 1501406; 5dce35b8-085a-48b6-a6d0-78be4d359538, DORSA BA000101S01: female, lateral view (holotype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501406; 5dce35b8-085a-48b6-a6d0-78be4d359538, DORSA BA000101S01: female, lateral view (holotype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501406; 5dce35b8-085a-48b6-a6d0-78be4d359538, DORSA BA000101S01: female, dorsal view (holotype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501406; 5dce35b8-085a-48b6-a6d0-78be4d359538, DORSA BA000101S01: female, ventral view (holotype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501406; 5dce35b8-085a-48b6-a6d0-78be4d359538, DORSA BA000101S01: female, frontal view (holotype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501406; 5dce35b8-085a-48b6-a6d0-78be4d359538, DORSA BA000101S01: labels (holotype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).;CollectionObject 1570402; 5ace6ed2-b644-4481-a2a1-3fd996af8f03: labels (paratype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1570402; 5ace6ed2-b644-4481-a2a1-3fd996af8f03: female, lateral view (paratype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1570402; 5ace6ed2-b644-4481-a2a1-3fd996af8f03: female, dorsal view (paratype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1570402; 5ace6ed2-b644-4481-a2a1-3fd996af8f03: female, ventral view (paratype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1570402; 5ace6ed2-b644-4481-a2a1-3fd996af8f03: female, frontal view (paratype of P. stenopterum). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 147; f05d7946-8e4c-403e-8c86-419e8ba0e82d; Tanzania Pugu Hills, 2006/10/22: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 147; f05d7946-8e4c-403e-8c86-419e8ba0e82d; Tanzania Pugu Hills, 2006/10/22: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 148; e55fbd5d-61c0-4a22-b63b-d5e1e59609ab; Zanzibar Jozani forest, 2017/06/10: female. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Spathosternum pedestre Miller, 1929: 81.

    Holotype; male; afdad645-e500-467e-b5df-60848827bfa4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Tanzania: Mhindulo

  • Paraspathosternum stenopterum Ramme, 1929: 326.

    Holotype; female; DORSA BA000101S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga

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  • Paraspathosternum pedestre (Miller, 1929) in Hemp, 2017: 191.
  • Paraspathosternum pedestre (Miller, 1929) in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 57.

References (14)

  • Dirsh, V.M. & Descamps, M. (1968) Insectes. Orthoptères, Acridoidea. Pyrgomorphidae et Acrididae. Faune de Madagascar, 26, 1–312.
  • 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. (1962) The Acridoidea (Orthoptera ) of Madagascar. I. Acrididae (except Acridinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 12(6), 273–350. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis12entoond
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hemp, C. (2017) Annotated checklist of Orthoptera from Kazimzumbwi forest reserve, the description of new species from Tanzania, East Africa and biogeographic patterns of threatened species. Zootaxa, 4226(2), 151–193.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Knipper, H. (1961) Geradflügler aus Ostafrika (Orthopteroida, Dermapteroida und Blattopteroida). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 11(3-4), 356–413. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/506
  • Miller, N.C.E. (1929) Acrididae collected in Tanganyika Territory. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 77, 61–97, pls. 5–11.
  • Phipps, J. (1959) Studies in East African Acrididae (Orthoptera), with special reference to egg-production, habitats and seasonal cycles. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 111, 27–56.
  • Phipps, J. (1966) The habitat and seasonal distribution of some East African grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 41, 25–36.
  • Ramme, W. (1929) Afrikanische Acrididae. Revisionen und Beschreibungen wenig bekannter und neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 15, 247–492.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2017) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae. 237 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1953) Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of Angola and northern Rhodesia, collected by Dr. Malcolm Burr in 1927-1928. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 21, 9–217.

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