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Oxya hyla Serville, 1831

Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: male from Mt. Kilimanjaro. (Otu).
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: male from Mt. Kilimanjaro. (Otu).
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: female from Mt. Kilimanjaro. (Otu).
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: Page 97, Figure 1. female. (Otu).
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: Pl. 12, Fig. 4. "Criquet reinette" female (body length 18-27 mm). (Otu).
Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: Male, lateral view of live specimen, from Ngutadjap in the South Cameroon Plateau. 06/2019. (Otu).
Oxya serrulata Krauss, 1890 now Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: Pl. XLV, Fig. 8. male, dorsal view (Oxya serrulata, body length 22-25 mm, pronotum 4.5-5 mm, tegmina 18-20 mm). (Otu).
Oxya serrulata Krauss, 1890 now Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: Pl. XLV, Fig. 8 A. male abdomen tip, dorsal view (Oxya serrulata). (Otu).
Oxya serrulata Krauss, 1890 now Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: Pl. XLV, Fig. 8 B. middle portion of anterior margin of right tegmen of female, dorsal view (Oxya serrulata, a = spined fringe, b = margin with tubercles, c = Vena mediastina with hair). (Otu).
Oxya minor Sjöstedt, 1910 now Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: lateral view (Oxya serrulata minor). (Otu).
Oxya minor Sjöstedt, 1910 now Oxya hyla Serville, 1831: male, lateral view (Oxya serrulata minor). (Otu).

Nomenclature (78)

  • Oxya hyla Serville, 1831
  • Acridium hyla (Serville, 1831) in Serville, 1838: 676.
  • Oxya hyla Serville, 1831 in Tatsuta & Tsurui, 2019: 143-146.
  • Oxya serratula [sic] Krauss, 1890 (misspelling of Oxya serrulata Krauss, 1890)

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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