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Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929

Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929: Oumarou-Ngoute's photo of Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme 1929, female, lateral view, from Lobeke National Park, Cameroon; 3-XII-2023. (Otu).
Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929: Oumarou-Ngoute's photo of Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme 1929, female, lateral view, from Lobeke National Park, Cameroon; 3-XII-2023. (Otu).
Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929: Oumarou-Ngoute's photo of Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme 1929, female, latero-dorsal view, from Lobeke National Park, Cameroon; 4-XII-2023. (Otu).
Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929: Oumarou-Ngoute's photo of Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme 1929, female, latero-dorsal view, from Lobeke National Park, Cameroon; 3-XII-2023. (Otu).
Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929: Oumarou-Ngoute's photo of Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme 1929, male, lateral view, from Lobeke National Park, Cameroon; 8-XII-2023. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501479; 393bd814-e6d1-4198-836c-f5012c73d99b, DORSA BA000032S01: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501479; 393bd814-e6d1-4198-836c-f5012c73d99b, DORSA BA000032S01: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501479; 393bd814-e6d1-4198-836c-f5012c73d99b, DORSA BA000032S01: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501479; 393bd814-e6d1-4198-836c-f5012c73d99b, DORSA BA000032S01: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501479; 393bd814-e6d1-4198-836c-f5012c73d99b, DORSA BA000032S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929: 317.

    Holotype; female; DORSA BA000032S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Cameroon: Centre: Mfoundi: Yaoundé

  • Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929 in Johnston, 1956: 260.
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  • Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 86.
  • Pterotiltus occipitalis Ramme, 1929 in Rowell & Oumarou-Ngoute, 2025: 51.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • 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. & Hemp, C. (2017) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae. 237 pp.
  • 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
Adjectiveoccipitalis, occipitalis, occipitale
Etymology:

Alluding to the black occiput.

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