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Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929

Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929: Fig. 23 a. male, dorsal view of head. (Otu).
Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929: Fig. 24 a. female, frons ("Stirnleiste"). (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929: 301.

    Holotype; male; 406ed360-0936-4af5-9d2a-068979f21129; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Malawi: Blantyre: Nyasaland

  • Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929 in Dirsh, 1956: 274.
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  • Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929 in Otte, 2015: 507.
  • Nyassacris uvarovi Ramme, 1929 in Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023: 186, 194.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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., 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
  • Ramme, W. (1929) Afrikanische Acrididae. Revisionen und Beschreibungen wenig bekannter und neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 15, 247–492.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Dedicated to the Russian-British entomologist and specialist on acridology Boris Petrovitch Uvarov (1886-1970).

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