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Pterotiltus inuncatus (Karsch, 1892)

CollectionObject 1501476; 855159cf-b556-4cd8-b10c-4c46dc846f04, DORSA BA000804S01: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501476; 855159cf-b556-4cd8-b10c-4c46dc846f04, DORSA BA000804S01: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501476; 855159cf-b556-4cd8-b10c-4c46dc846f04, DORSA BA000804S01: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501476; 855159cf-b556-4cd8-b10c-4c46dc846f04, DORSA BA000804S01: male, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501476; 855159cf-b556-4cd8-b10c-4c46dc846f04, DORSA BA000804S01: male, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501476; 855159cf-b556-4cd8-b10c-4c46dc846f04, DORSA BA000804S01: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502224; a5a302c5-772f-4661-aa22-65523cdcdd4f, DORSA BA000804S02: male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502224; a5a302c5-772f-4661-aa22-65523cdcdd4f, DORSA BA000804S02: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1589513; 079ca551-8781-45ba-84bb-a2c9b312c135, DORSA BA000804S06: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1589513; 079ca551-8781-45ba-84bb-a2c9b312c135, DORSA BA000804S06: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1589513; 079ca551-8781-45ba-84bb-a2c9b312c135, DORSA BA000804S06: female, ventral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1589513; 079ca551-8781-45ba-84bb-a2c9b312c135, DORSA BA000804S06: female, frontal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1589513; 079ca551-8781-45ba-84bb-a2c9b312c135, DORSA BA000804S06: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Lectotype; male; DORSA BA000804S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Fako: Buea

Nomenclature (10)

  • Pygostolus inuncatus Karsch, 1892: 72.
  • Pterotiltus inuncatus (Karsch, 1892) in Kirby, 1910: 387.
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  • Pterotiltus inuncatus (Karsch, 1892) in Mestre & Chiffaud, 2006: 245.
  • Pterotiltus inuncatus (Karsch, 1892) in Rowell & Oumarou-Ngoute, 2025: 16.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • 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. (1961) A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 10(9), 351–419. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2242565
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  • 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
  • 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. (1892) Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss im Kamerungebirge erbeuteten Orthopteren. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 37, 65–78. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101149
  • 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
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) In Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • 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
Adjectiveinuncatus, inuncata, inuncatum
Etymology:

Latin for not hooked, alluding to the absence of an upright hook on the last abdominal tergite of the male.

Pterotiltus inuncatus (Karsch, 1892)

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