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Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans (Charpentier, 1825)

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Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans (Charpentier, 1825): male (Tanzania, Kikafu Coffee Estate 1060 m, October 2010). (Otu).
Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans (Charpentier, 1825): male (Tanzania, Kikafu Coffee Estate 1060 m, October 2010). (Otu).
Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans (Charpentier, 1825): female (Tanzania, Kikafu Coffee Estate 1060 m). (Otu).
Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans (Charpentier, 1825): male, Saria Burkina Faso 25 mars 1976). (Otu).
Eyprepocnemis plorans plorans (Charpentier, 1825): Page 119, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).

Nomenclature (98)

  • Gryllus plorans Charpentier, 1825: 134.

    Neotype; male; a9e2f8f4-9a4a-4ae2-b667-8cf732bb14a8; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Spain: Cataluña: Barcelona

  • Acridium reticulatum Fischer von Waldheim, 1839: 301.
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  • Eyprepocnemis plorans (Charpentier, 1825) in Ćato & Zagorac, 2021: 505.
  • Eyprepocnemis plorans plarans [sic] Charpentier, 1825 (misspelling of Gryllus plorans Charpentier, 1825)

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Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Latin for crying, referring to a tear-like vertical stripe below the eye.

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