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Cataloipus oberthuri somali (Schulthess, 1894): as Cataloipus tanaensis. lateral view. (Otu).
Cataloipus oberthuri somali (Schulthess, 1894): as Cataloipus tanaensis. lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1530261; c1af3639-5d60-4368-826a-87c3c3d7603a: Pl. 1, Fig. 3. female (holotype of Cataloipus tanaensis; body length including tegmina 65-68 mm). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597182; feb1f527-f29a-4b3e-af16-40395e8cb957: dorsal, lateral, labels, underside labels, subgenital plate, prosternal tubercle. (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 454; 70ac94c5-f068-4d7d-bd97-833932825403; Tanzania
eastern slopes Mount Kilimanjaro, 2010/11/13: male, lateral view. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Demodocus somali Schulthess, 1894: 78.

    Syntypes (n= 2); male; 1dc40479-1433-49d2-87ea-80e1e8375019; deposited at: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" (MCSN); Ethiopia: Somali: Ogaden. Syntype; female; 83657429-0557-489f-a6ec-1c4397fa6745; deposited at: Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" (MCSN); Ethiopia: Somali: Ogaden

  • Demodocus somali Schulthess, 1894 in Schulthess, 1898: 195.
  • Cataloipus oberthueri somali (Schulthess, 1894) in Otte, 1995: 197.
  • Cataloipus oberthuri somali (Schulthess, 1894) in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 164.

References (13)

  • Schulthess, A.von (1894) Die von Fürst Ruspoli und Prof. Dr. C. Keller im Somalilande erbeuteten Orthopteren. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 8, 67–84. [1895] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39594
  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) The Acrididae, Tettigonidae and Gryllidae collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Northeast Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 53, 370–382. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38485
  • 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
  • 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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1929) Acridiodea aus Zentralafrika gesammelt von R. Grauer während seiner Expedition 1909-1911. Arkiv för Zoologi, 20 A(15), 1–41.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1959) Missione biologica Sagan-Omodiretta dal Prof. Edoardo Zavattari: Acridoidea. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale, 16, 61–66.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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.

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