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Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962

Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: female,lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: female,lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: Fig. 34. male, face. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: Fig. 31. male head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: Fig. 32. male head, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: Fig. 35. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: Fig. 36. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: Fig. 33. male, apex of penis, profile. (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962: 212, 213.

    Holotype; male; cd382a20-1fca-4c3c-8fae-aa0ffe2d80c6; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); Lesotho: Basutoland, Semonkong, Malutsunyane River, Mafeteng Dist

  • Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962 in Dirsh, 1965: 176.
  • Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962 in Johnston, 1968: 138.
  • Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962 in Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023: 199.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Brown, H.D. (1962) New and interesting grasshoppers from southern Africa - 3 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 25(2), 198–229. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/25/2/AJA00128789_3701
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 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 inflated frontal ridge.

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