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Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876)

Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876): male (Tanzania, East Kilimanjaro, Chala area). (Otu).
Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876): male (Tanzania, East Kilimanjaro, Chala area). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1543098; 7b7de1a6-e104-4cdc-8627-1cae944c6eaf: male, lateral view (paratype of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543098; 7b7de1a6-e104-4cdc-8627-1cae944c6eaf: male, dorsal view (paratype of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543098; 7b7de1a6-e104-4cdc-8627-1cae944c6eaf: labels (paratype of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543099; 9ed52b56-5875-438c-be12-5309be4edbb5: female, lateral view (allotype of of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543099; 9ed52b56-5875-438c-be12-5309be4edbb5: female, dorsal view (allotype of of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543099; 9ed52b56-5875-438c-be12-5309be4edbb5: labels (allotype of of Heteracris rantae africanus). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 459; c08e365a-a7d4-4798-b5f6-3ecf378ca83c; Mbungo Hill southern slopes Kilimanjaro, 2012/05/25: female, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (36)

  • Euprepocnemis [sic] coerulescens Stål, 1876: 16.

    Holotype; male; 8dc8cdec-b73e-461b-9dc7-9e171f70bd6c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Eritrea: Debub: Massawa

  • Euprepocnemis [sic] coerulescens Stål, 1876 in Schulthess, 1898: 196.
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  • Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876) in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 184.
  • Heteracris coerulescens (Stål, 1876) in Felix, Bouwman, Odé, Ketelaar, Pham & Bailey, 2025: 54.

Nomenclature references (28)

  • Baccetti, B. & Hollis, D. (1966) Orthoptera–Acridoidea (Notulae orthopterologicae, XXIII). Ricerche sulla fauna della Somalia promosse dall’Istituto di Zoologia e dal Museo Zoologico dell’Universita di Firenze: XXVI. Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento, 74, 273–284. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03749444.1966.10736745
  • Bolívar, I. (1914) Estudios entomológicos. Segunda parte. I. El Grupo de los Euprepocnemes. II. Los Truxalinos del antiguo Mundo. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica), 20, 1–110. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48655
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  • Davey, J.T., Descamps, M. & Demange, R. (1959) Notes on the Acrididae of the French Sudan with special reference to the Central Niger Delta (I, II). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 21(1-2), 60–112, 565–600.
  • Descamps, M. (1965) Acridoides du Mali (deuxième contribution). Regions de San et Sikasso (zone soudanaise) (1 partie) et (2 partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 922–962, 1259–1314.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1959) Missione biologica Sagan-Omodiretta dal Prof. Edoardo Zavattari: Acridoidea. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale, 16, 61–66.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Felix, R., Bouwman, J., Odé, B., Ketelaar, R., Pham, D.M. & Bailey, J. (2025) The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae). Contributions to Entomology, 75(1), 21–166. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte I Acridoidea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(554), 1–35. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/41/mode/1up
  • Grunshaw, J.P. (1991) A revision of the grasshopper genus Heteracris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Eyprepocnemidinae). Natural Resources Institute Bulletin, 38, i-iv, 1–106. Available at http://gala.gre.ac.uk/11108/1/11108_Grunshaw_A%20revision%20of%20the%20grasshopper%20genus%20%28book%29%201991.pdf
  • Hemp, C. (2009) Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(2), 183–214. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0207
  • Johnsen, P. & Schmidt, G.H. (1982) Notes on, and a check-list of Acridoidea (Saltatoria) collected in Somalia (East Africa). Monitore Zoologico Italiano. Supplemento, 16(3), 69–119.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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
  • 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.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) In Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) In Cataloghi IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 1–127 pp.
  • Popov, G.B. (1950) Note on the genus Bibulus I. Bolivar, 1914 (Orthoptera; Acrididae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 19(9-10), 133–135.
  • 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.
  • Roy, R. (1965) Contribution a l'étude de la faune de la basse Casamance (Sénégal) XIV. Orthopteres Acridoidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 614–631.
  • Schulthess, A.von (1898) Orthoptères du Pays des Somalis, recueillis par L. Robecchi-Brichetti en 1891 et par le Prince E. Ruspoli en 1892-93. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 39, 161–216. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33431#page/169/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49926#page/233/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. & Popov, G.B. (1957) The saltatorial Orthoptera of Socotra. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 43, 359–389.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1921) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum. I. the group Euprepocnemini. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1921, 106–144. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51239#page/180/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1939) A preliminary revision of the Palaearctic species and subspecies of Thisoicetrus Br. W. (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Novitates Zoologicae: A Journal of Zoology in Connection with the Tring Museum, 41, 377–382. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106287#page/423/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) In Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London. Vol. 1, 481 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Referring to bluish hind wings.

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