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Basutacris inflatifrons Brown, 1962

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