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Mecostibus sublaevis Karsch, 1896

Ufipa Shortheaded Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1501092; c9185c61-5eb2-43ee-874c-392baa969405: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501092; c9185c61-5eb2-43ee-874c-392baa969405: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501092; c9185c61-5eb2-43ee-874c-392baa969405: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501092; c9185c61-5eb2-43ee-874c-392baa969405: female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501092; c9185c61-5eb2-43ee-874c-392baa969405: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501092; c9185c61-5eb2-43ee-874c-392baa969405: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578812; 56199d8c-b45d-499b-b1cb-b1ee9ac2ca1f: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578812; 56199d8c-b45d-499b-b1cb-b1ee9ac2ca1f: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578812; 56199d8c-b45d-499b-b1cb-b1ee9ac2ca1f: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Mecostibus sublaevis Karsch, 1896: 267.

    Syntype; female; c9185c61-5eb2-43ee-874c-392baa969405; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania. Syntype; female; 56199d8c-b45d-499b-b1cb-b1ee9ac2ca1f; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania

  • Mecostibus sublaevis Karsch, 1896 in La Baume, 1911: 323.
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  • Mecostibus sublaevis Karsch, 1896 in Johnston, 1968: 129.
  • Mecostibus sublaevis Karsch, 1896 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 185.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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
  • La Baume, W. (1911) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der aethiopischen Orthopteren. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 72, 308–326. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36024#page/318/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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