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Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956

Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956: female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956: 121-272.

    Holotype; female; 9cddd010-cc7c-4a74-9375-28b6f41f8255; deposited at: Lund University (MZLU); Lesotho: Basutoland, Qachas Nek, 20 m. N. of Matatiele

  • Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956 in Dirsh, 1965: 176.
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  • Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956 in Otte, 1995: 8.
  • Qachasia fastigiata Dirsh, 1956 in Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023: 187, 202.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Otte, D., Cowper, G. & Armstrong, A.J. (2023) Revision of Lentula, Nyassacris, Basutacris and Qachasia, with descriptions of three new genera and 26 new species (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 149(2), 185–234. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.149.0205

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to the broad obtusely triangular fastigium,

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