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Parapterotiltus minimus (Ramme, 1929)

CollectionObject 1501478; 344c0f09-46aa-40a9-8504-6a0e37b5f6fc, DORSA BA000031S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501478; 344c0f09-46aa-40a9-8504-6a0e37b5f6fc, DORSA BA000031S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501478; 344c0f09-46aa-40a9-8504-6a0e37b5f6fc, DORSA BA000031S01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501478; 344c0f09-46aa-40a9-8504-6a0e37b5f6fc, DORSA BA000031S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501478; 344c0f09-46aa-40a9-8504-6a0e37b5f6fc, DORSA BA000031S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501478; 344c0f09-46aa-40a9-8504-6a0e37b5f6fc, DORSA BA000031S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; DORSA BA000031S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Nord-Ouest: Mezam: Bamenda

Nomenclature (5)

  • Pterotiltus minimus Ramme, 1929: 318.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000031S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Nord-Ouest: Mezam: Bamenda

  • Pterotiltus minimus Ramme, 1929 in Johnston, 1956: 260.
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  • Pterotiltus minimus Ramme, 1929 in Hollis, 1975: 228.
  • Parapterotiltus minimus (Ramme, 1929) in Oumarou-Ngoute & Rowell, 2024: 136.

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.
  • Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2024) New species of Pterotiltus from Cameroon, and a new genus, Parapterotiltus (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Oxyinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 33(1), 127–146. Available at https://jor.pensoft.net/article/96043/
  • 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.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveminimus, minima, minimum
Etymology:

Referring to small size.

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