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species

Pterotiltus hollisi Rowell, 2005

Type specimen

Holotype; male; NHMUK98034; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Uganda: Mpigi: Mpanga Forest Reserve

Nomenclature (3)

  • Pterotiltus hollisi Rowell, 2005: 34.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK98034; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Uganda: Mpigi: Mpanga Forest Reserve

  • Pterotiltus hollisi Rowell, 2005 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 86.
  • Pterotiltus hollisi Rowell, 2005 in Rowell & Oumarou-Ngoute, 2025: 60.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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
  • 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
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Collection object
Type material

Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Noun in genitive case
Etymology:

Named for the British entomologist David Hollis, who first recorded the existence of this taxon.

Pterotiltus hollisi Rowell, 2005

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