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Pterotiltus femoratus Ramme, 1929

CollectionObject 1576300; 318db862-ef5b-4832-9f98-b8b5f6bdc813, DORSA BA000030S01: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576300; 318db862-ef5b-4832-9f98-b8b5f6bdc813, DORSA BA000030S01: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576300; 318db862-ef5b-4832-9f98-b8b5f6bdc813, DORSA BA000030S01: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576300; 318db862-ef5b-4832-9f98-b8b5f6bdc813, DORSA BA000030S01: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576300; 318db862-ef5b-4832-9f98-b8b5f6bdc813, DORSA BA000030S01: female, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1576300; 318db862-ef5b-4832-9f98-b8b5f6bdc813, DORSA BA000030S01: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 07f57ce5-0ed2-4e51-bb68-7ef80aeca253; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Fako: Victoria [Limbe]

Nomenclature (5)

  • Pterotiltus femoratus Ramme, 1929: 314.

    Holotype; male; 07f57ce5-0ed2-4e51-bb68-7ef80aeca253; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Fako: Victoria [Limbe]

  • Pterotiltus femoratus Ramme, 1929 in Johnston, 1956: 259.
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  • Pterotiltus femoratus Ramme, 1929 in Hollis, 1975: 226.
  • Pterotiltus femoratus Ramme, 1929 in Rowell & Oumarou-Ngoute, 2025: 45.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Hollis, D. (1975) A review of the subfamily Oxyinae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 31(6), 189–234. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2355540#page/269/mode/1up
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Ramme, W. (1929) Afrikanische Acrididae. Revisionen und Beschreibungen wenig bekannter und neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 15, 247–492.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Oumarou-Ngoute, C. (2025) Review of Pterotiltus Karsch, 1893 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Oxyinae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 986, 1–104. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.986.2853
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivefemoratus, femorata, femoratum
Etymology:

Alluding to the basally red hind femora.

Pterotiltus femoratus Ramme, 1929

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