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Pterotiltus impennis (Karsch, 1891)

Pterotiltus impennis (Karsch, 1891): male (body length 22-23 mm). (Otu).
Pterotiltus impennis (Karsch, 1891): male (body length 22-23 mm). (Otu).
Pterotiltus impennis (Karsch, 1891): male abdomen tip. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501475; be1ff9ea-854c-4cf7-8c2b-9d92af77ba56, DORSA BA000506S01: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501475; be1ff9ea-854c-4cf7-8c2b-9d92af77ba56, DORSA BA000506S01: male, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501475; be1ff9ea-854c-4cf7-8c2b-9d92af77ba56, DORSA BA000506S01: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501475; be1ff9ea-854c-4cf7-8c2b-9d92af77ba56, DORSA BA000506S01: male, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501475; be1ff9ea-854c-4cf7-8c2b-9d92af77ba56, DORSA BA000506S01: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502215; 03ec16cd-6636-4e69-a38e-d0f85377a907, DORSA BA000506S03: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502215; 03ec16cd-6636-4e69-a38e-d0f85377a907, DORSA BA000506S03: female, frontal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502215; 03ec16cd-6636-4e69-a38e-d0f85377a907, DORSA BA000506S03: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502215; 03ec16cd-6636-4e69-a38e-d0f85377a907, DORSA BA000506S03: female, ventral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502215; 03ec16cd-6636-4e69-a38e-d0f85377a907, DORSA BA000506S03: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Lectotype; male; DORSA BA000506S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Meme: Barombi Station

Nomenclature (12)

  • Pygostolus impennis Karsch, 1891: 193.
  • Pterotiltus impennis var. multicolor Bolívar, 1905: 228.

    Syntype; 31b571db-09ea-440e-8fba-77237c4790da; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Cameroon

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  • Pterotiltus impennis (Karsch, 1891) in Rowell, 2005
  • Pterotiltus impennis (Karsch, 1891) in Rowell & Oumarou-Ngoute, 2025: 10.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Bolívar, I. (1905) Ortópteros acridioideos de la Guinea española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 209–240. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44407#page/248/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
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  • 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
  • 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.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1891) Verzeichnis der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss in Kamerun erbeuteten Acridiodeen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(1), 175–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • 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
  • 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
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2005) A new Ugandan species of Pterotiltus (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Oxyinae) with epiphyllic oviposition. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(1), 33–43. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282005%2914%5B33%3AANUSOP%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. Acridiodea. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 31, 1–9. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42929#page/13/mode/1up
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Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveimpennis, impennis, impenne
Etymology:

Latin for wingless.

Pterotiltus impennis (Karsch, 1891)

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