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Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929)

East Usambara Striped Grasshopper
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): male from Tanzania (Sigi Trail, 450 m, forest path, East Usambara Mts.). (Otu).
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): male from Tanzania (Sigi Trail, 450 m, forest path, East Usambara Mts.). (Otu).
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): male from Tanzania (Sigi Trail, 450 m, forest path, East Usambara Mts.). (Otu).
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): (Otu).
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): male. (Otu).
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): male (Tanzania, Zigi). (Otu).
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): male (Tanzania, Zigi). (Otu).
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): Fig. 23 c. male, dorsal view of head. (Otu).
Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929): female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501082; 0fd3bcf6-2d61-4047-8b3d-052459394ebf, DORSA BA000502S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501082; 0fd3bcf6-2d61-4047-8b3d-052459394ebf, DORSA BA000502S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501082; 0fd3bcf6-2d61-4047-8b3d-052459394ebf, DORSA BA000502S01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501082; 0fd3bcf6-2d61-4047-8b3d-052459394ebf, DORSA BA000502S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501082; 0fd3bcf6-2d61-4047-8b3d-052459394ebf, DORSA BA000502S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Adolfia usambarica Ramme, 1929: 305.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000502S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); TANZANIA Amani east Usambara Mountains 30 ix 1982 Otte #102

  • Rehnula usambarica (Ramme, 1929) in Johnston, 1956: 210.
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  • Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929) in Hemp, Schultz, Hemp & Wägele, 2007: 86.
  • Rhainopomma usambaricum (Ramme, 1929) in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 195.

References (11)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1957) The spermatheca as a taxonomic character in Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 32, 107–114.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • Hemp, C., Schultz, O., Hemp, A. & Wägele, W. (2007) New Lentulidae species from East Africa (Orthoptera: Saltatoria). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 16(1), 85–96. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282007%2916%5B85%3ANLSFEA%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Hochkirch, A. (1995) Habitatpräferenzen dreier Heuschreckenarten im submontanen Regenwald der Ost-Usambaraberge, NO-Tansania (Orthoptera; Acridoidea). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie, 10, 297–300.
  • Jago, N.D. (1981) A revision of the genus Usambilla Sjostedt (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and its allies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 43(1), 1–38. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis43entolond
  • Johnsen, P. & Forchhammer, P. (1975) Checklist of the Acridomorpha of Tanzania (Insecta: Orthoptera). Natura Jutlandica, 18, 26–52.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.

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