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Trachypetrella anderssonii (Stål, 1875)

Trachypetrella anderssonii (Stål, 1875): lateral view. (Otu).
Trachypetrella anderssonii (Stål, 1875): lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1507065; c245a3b0-e0ed-4e38-832f-299286145e0e: female, lateral view (holotype of Trachypetrella kosswigiana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507065; c245a3b0-e0ed-4e38-832f-299286145e0e: female, lateral view (holotype of Trachypetrella kosswigiana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507065; c245a3b0-e0ed-4e38-832f-299286145e0e: female, dorsal view (holotype of Trachypetrella kosswigiana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507065; c245a3b0-e0ed-4e38-832f-299286145e0e: female, frontal view (holotype of Trachypetrella kosswigiana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507065; c245a3b0-e0ed-4e38-832f-299286145e0e: female, ventral view (holotype of Trachypetrella kosswigiana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507065; c245a3b0-e0ed-4e38-832f-299286145e0e: female abdomen tip, ventral view (holotype of Trachypetrella kosswigiana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507065; c245a3b0-e0ed-4e38-832f-299286145e0e: labels (holotype of Trachypetrella kosswigiana). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (32)

  • Methone anderssonii Stål, 1875: 34.

    Holotype; female; f7be1d15-1c08-46d6-9a53-7c285038417b; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Namibia: Erongo: Damaraland

  • Trachypetra mola Karsch, 1887: 43.

    Holotype; female; bf472e7d-6310-4bd7-a7ff-878ed5c6a3e2; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Namibia: Erongo: Damaraland

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  • Methone fallax Saussure, 1888 (subjective synonym of Methone anderssonii Stål, 1875) in Hollier, 2012: 328.
  • Methone minor Saussure, 1888 (subjective synonym of Methone anderssonii Stål, 1875) in Hollier, 2012: 305.

Nomenclature references (14)

  • de Saussure, H. (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Revision of the group Portheti (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 34, 299–400. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/155628
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, part 3: The Acridoidea excluding the Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(3), 303–339. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185629#page/47/mode/1up
  • Irish, J. & Roberts, C. (2006) Trachypetrella Kirby (Orthoptera, Pamphagidae): three species or one? Journal of the Namibia Scientific Society, 54, 61–85.
  • 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. (1887) Orthopterologische Bemerkungen. Entomologische Nachrichten, 13, 259–262. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100978
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.
  • Sharp, D. (1895) Insects. Part 1. (Chapters 12-14 Orthoptera continued: Acridiidae, Locustidae, Gryllidae). Cambridge Natural History, 5, 279–329. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64361
  • Stål, C. (1875) Observations orthoptérologiques. 1. Sur une systématisation nouvelle des Phasmides. 2. Sur le système des Acdridiides. 3. Diagnoses d'Orthoptères nouveaux. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 3(14), 1–43. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49924#page/521/mode/1up
  • Weidner, H. & Wagner, W. (1968) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg VII. Teil. Insecta IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65, 123–179. Available at http://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/sammlungen/zoologie/entomologie/typenkatalog/weidner-1968-caelifera-homoptera.pdf
  • Weidner, H. (1964) Die Trachypetrellini, eine die Wüsten Südafrikas bewohnende Feldheuschreckentribus (Orthoptera, Pamphagidae), mit Beschreibung einer neuen Art. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, Kosswig-Festschrift, 315–331.
  • Weidner, H. (1964) Weitere Mitteilungen zur Kenntnis der Trachypetrellini (Orth., Pamphag.). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 3(50), 47–48.

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