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Cyphocerastis falcifera (Rehn, 1914)

Cyphocerastis falcifera (Rehn, 1914): as Kivuia leopoldi. lateral view. (Otu).
Cyphocerastis falcifera (Rehn, 1914): as Kivuia leopoldi. lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Kivuia falcifera Rehn, 1914: 120.

    Holotype; male; 2b10e461-a8ba-486c-82b5-ef8d0f7ad0fe; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sud-Kivu: Democratic Republic of the Congo: lakes region

  • Kivuia falcata [sic] (Rehn, 1914) in Sjöstedt, 1923: 33.
  • Cyphocerastis falcifera (Rehn, 1914) in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 92.
  • Kivuia falcata [sic] (Rehn, 1914) (misspelling of Kivuia falcifera Rehn, 1914)

References (10)

  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1914) Orthoptera I: Mantidae, Phasmidae, Acrididae, Tettigoniidae und Gryllidae aus dem Zentral-Afrikanischen Gebiet, Uganda und dem Ituri-Becken des Kongo. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentralafrika Expedition 1907-1908, 5, 1–223. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/966177#page/7/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1923) Acridoidea. Zoological Results of the Swedish Expedition to Central-Africa. 1921. Insecta I. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(6), 1–39.
  • 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.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1929) Acridiodea aus Zentralafrika gesammelt von R. Grauer während seiner Expedition 1909-1911. Arkiv för Zoologi, 20 A(15), 1–41.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1929) Voyage au Congo de S. A. R. le Prince Leopold de Belgique 1925. In Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. Vol. 17, pp. 1–252.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1951) Some new and little-known African Acrididae (Orthotpera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 20, 73–79.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1970) Acridoidea of the Congo (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 8(182), 1–605.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2017) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae. 237 pp.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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