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Mecostiboides physalus (Karsch, 1896)

East Usambara Earless Grasshopper
Mecostiboides physalus (Karsch, 1896): male, lateral view (syntype). (Otu).
Mecostiboides physalus (Karsch, 1896): male, lateral view (syntype). (Otu).
Mecostiboides physalus (Karsch, 1896): female, lateral view (syntype). (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Mecostibus physalus Karsch, 1896: 268.

    Syntype; male; 463bd3fb-386f-40ef-83ee-10214005030c; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Tanga. Syntype; female; 4ca595f0-a6fe-4958-bdb3-9d34491ae87c; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Tanga

  • Mecostibus physalus Karsch, 1896 in Rehn, 1944: 123.
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  • Mecostiboides physalis [sic] Karsch, 1896 (misspelling of Mecostibus physalus Karsch, 1896) in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 79.
  • Mecostiboides physalis [sic] Karsch, 1896

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1957) Review of the genus Mecostibus Karsch (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 34, 69–84.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1944) A review of the Old World Euthymiae (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 96, 1–135. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=axt087cw1R0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0
  • 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.

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