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Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910

Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910: December 2006. female, eastern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 1000 m, Lake Chala crater rim. (Otu).
Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910: December 2006. female, eastern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 1000 m, Lake Chala crater rim. (Otu).
Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910: December 2006. female, eastern slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro, 1000 m, Lake Chala crater rim. (Otu).
Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910: Fig. 23 d. male, dorsal view of head. (Otu).
Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910: female (Tanzania, Chala). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1479233; f1b6597c-7080-4bab-b462-02ce014b5034: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1479233; f1b6597c-7080-4bab-b462-02ce014b5034: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1479234; c9292070-8f76-4e7c-a4dc-2bdc7d9940c3: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1479234; c9292070-8f76-4e7c-a4dc-2bdc7d9940c3: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910: 186, 192.

    Holotype; female; a935bb02-c67e-44a3-85e7-5addc4f4f990; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Usambara, Mombo

  • Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910 in Ramme, 1929: fig. 23.
  • Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910 in Hemp, 2009: 195.
  • Usambilla olivacea Sjöstedt, 1910 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 203.

References (9)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hemp, C. (2009) Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(2), 183–214. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0207
  • Jago, N.D. (1981) A revision of the genus Usambilla Sjostedt (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and its allies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 43(1), 1–38. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis43entolond
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Schultz, O., Hemp, C., Hemp, A. & Wägele, W. (2007) Molecular phylogeny of the endemic East African flightless grasshoppers Altiusambilla Jago, Usambilla (Sjöstedt) and Rhainopomma Jago (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Systematic Entomology, 32, 1–8.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 7. Acridiodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 149–199. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/265/mode/1up

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