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Species

Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896)

Kilimanjaro Striped Grasshopper
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): January 2007. male from Mt Kilimanjaro, southern slope, above Kidia, 1800 m, montane forest. (Otu).
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): January 2007. male from Mt Kilimanjaro, southern slope, above Kidia, 1800 m, montane forest. (Otu).
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): September 2006. female from Mt Kilimanjaro, southern slope, above Kidia, 1800 m, montane forest. (Otu).
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): September 2006. female from Mt Kilimanjaro, southern slope, above Kidia, 1800 m, montane forest. (Otu).
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): September 2006. male from Mt Kilimanjaro, southern slope, above Kidia, 1800 m, montane forest. (Otu).
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): male (Marangu). (Otu).
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): male (Marangu). (Otu).
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): female. (Otu).
Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896): female (Marangu, 2250m). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501083; ad4b212d-cf22-4b13-a379-67baf9aad016, DORSA BA000022S01: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501083; ad4b212d-cf22-4b13-a379-67baf9aad016, DORSA BA000022S01: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501083; ad4b212d-cf22-4b13-a379-67baf9aad016, DORSA BA000022S01: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501083; ad4b212d-cf22-4b13-a379-67baf9aad016, DORSA BA000022S01: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501083; ad4b212d-cf22-4b13-a379-67baf9aad016, DORSA BA000022S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Lentula modicicrus Karsch, 1896: 280.

    Holotype; male; DORSA BA000022S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Madjame, Mount Kilimanjaro

  • Lentula modicicrus Karsch, 1896 in Sjöstedt, 1910: 191.
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  • Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896) in Hemp, Schultz, Hemp & Wägele, 2007: 86.
  • Altiusambilla modicicrus (Karsch, 1896) in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 166.

References (11)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hemp, C. & Hemp, A. (2003) Saltatoria coenoses of high-altitude grasslands on Mt. Kilimanjaro Tanzania (Orthoptera: Saltatoria). Ecotropica, 9, 71–97. Available at http://www.soctropecol.eu/publications/pdf/9%201-2/Hemp,%20Hemp,%202003.pdf
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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
  • 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.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 7. Acridiodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 149–199. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/265/mode/1up

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