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Eremidium obtusum Dirsh, 1956

Eremidium obtusum Dirsh, 1956: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Eremidium obtusum Dirsh, 1956: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Eremidium obtusum Dirsh, 1956: male, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1594831; 353bf4d5-a388-4b02-8013-f152572dcdfd: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1594831; 353bf4d5-a388-4b02-8013-f152572dcdfd: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1594831; 353bf4d5-a388-4b02-8013-f152572dcdfd: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1594831; 353bf4d5-a388-4b02-8013-f152572dcdfd: female, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1594831; 353bf4d5-a388-4b02-8013-f152572dcdfd: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Eremidium obtusus Dirsh, 1956: 155.

    Holotype; male; 8d02a142-b211-4d9b-8903-212a3b9f74f1; deposited at: Lund University (MZLU); South Africa: Eastern Cape: Tzitzikama Forest

  • Eremidium obtusus Dirsh, 1956: 250.
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  • Eremidium (Eremidium) obtusus Dirsh, 1956 in Otte & Armstrong, 2017
  • Eremidium obtusus Dirsh, 1956 in Otte, 2024: 67.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Brown, H.D. (1959) New and interesting grasshoppers (Acridoidea) from South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 22, 283–297. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/22/2/AJA00128789_3507
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Some new and little known South African Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 19, 250–288. Available at https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/AJA00128789_4335
  • 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. & Armstrong, A.J. (2017) Additional Eremidium species from Eastern Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa and a new genus, Zulutettix (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 143(2), 305–433.
  • Otte, D. (2015) Revision of the genus Eremidium Karsch with descriptions of sixteen new species (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 141(3), 499–544.
  • Otte, D. (2024) Keys to Southern African Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and revision of Eremidium. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 150(1), 21–159. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.150.0102

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