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Paraprocticus pendulus (Karsch, 1896)

Paraprocticus pendulus (Karsch, 1896): lateral view. (Otu).
Paraprocticus pendulus (Karsch, 1896): lateral view. (Otu).
Paraprocticus pendulus (Karsch, 1896): lateral view. (Otu).
FieldOccurrence 478; 09dc0d81-54a4-4292-a838-02258a49d889; Tanzania Darakuta Ranch near Babati, 2017/05/06: pair mating. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 479; fb495482-191d-452b-bd34-35dad32a0b53; Tanzania Darakuta Ranch near Babati, 2017/05/06: famnel, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 480; 875ac3dd-bf9a-43f7-8102-f6e2f9e26a92; Tanzania Darakuta Ranch near Babati, 2017/05/06: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 481; d133e292-0389-4506-858f-5e47c1091fba; Mbale Escarpment W Usambara, 2018/06/09: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Metaxymecus pendulus Karsch, 1896: 323.

    Syntype; e7b4a213-c77c-4b68-a8ff-bee3af4d5b0e; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Zanzibar

  • Tylotropidius loennbergianus Sjöstedt, 1912: 24.

    Holotype; female; 75c3606e-4ff1-48f4-94a7-b604662270de; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Kenya: Njoro

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  • Paraprocticus pendulus (Karsch, 1896) in Hemp, 2017: 190.
  • Paraprocticus pendulus (Karsch, 1896) in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 214.

References (12)

  • 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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • Grunshaw, J.P. (1995) The taxonomy of Tylotropidius Stal 1873 and related genera (Orthoptera Acrididae Eyprepocnemidinae). Tropical Zoology, 8(2), 401–433.
  • 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.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Koerber, S. (2009) From sponges to primates: emendation of 30 species nomina dedicated to the Swedish zoologist Einar Lönnberg. Zootaxa, 63–68.
  • 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.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1912) Über einige von E. Lönnberg in Britisch Ostafrika eingesammelte Orthopteren. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7(38), 1–28. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30233#page/893/mode/1up

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