Genus

Altiusambilla Jago, 1981

Type

type species by original designation of Altiusambilla Jago, 1981

Altiusambilla Jago, 1981: 12.
type species by original designation Lentula modicicrus Karsch, 1896 in Jago, 1981: 12
Altiusambilla Jago, 1981 in Otte, 1995: 1.
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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
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
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Schultz, O., Hemp, C., Hemp, A. & Wägele, W. (2007) Molecular phylogeny of the endemic East African flightless grasshoppers Altiusambilla Jago, Usambilla (Sjöstedt) and Rhainopomma Jago (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Systematic Entomology, 32, 1–8.
Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Derived from high-elevation distribution and Usambilla Sjöstedt, 1910.