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Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869)

Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869): male, lateral view (Tanzania, Old Shinyanga). (Otu).
Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869): male, lateral view (Tanzania, Old Shinyanga). (Otu).
Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869): female, lateral view (Tanzania, Old Shinyanga). (Otu).
Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869): male, dorsal view of wings. (Otu).
Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869): Fig. 14 (after Gerstaecker). female head and pronotum. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501188; 0b89962e-4eef-4125-9a3c-b75a395fe173, MfN 3917: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501188; 0b89962e-4eef-4125-9a3c-b75a395fe173, MfN 3917: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501188; 0b89962e-4eef-4125-9a3c-b75a395fe173, MfN 3917: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501188; 0b89962e-4eef-4125-9a3c-b75a395fe173, MfN 3917: female, frons (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501188; 0b89962e-4eef-4125-9a3c-b75a395fe173, MfN 3917: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Pamphagus atrox Gerstaecker, 1869: 218.

    Holotype; female; MfN 3917; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Endara Mountains

  • Pamphagus atrox Gerstaecker, 1869 in Gerstaecker, 1873: 42.
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  • Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 215.
  • Xiphoceriana atrox (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Massa, 2020: 41.

Nomenclature references (16)

  • Bolívar, I. (1916) Orthoptera. Fam. Acrididae. Subfam. Pamphaginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 170, 40 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105422#page/13/mode/1up
  • 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.
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  • 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
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1869) Beitrag zur Insekten-Fauna von Zanzibar. No. II. Orthoptera et Neuroptera. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 35(1), 201–223. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31346#page/209/mode/1up
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1873) Die Gliedertier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. C.F. Winter'sche, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 452 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40556#page/13/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1957) Orthoptera-Caelifera from northern Kenya and Jubaland. II. Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae and Romaleinae. Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 22, 193–208.
  • 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
  • Massa, B. (2020) Remarks on some interesting African Pamphagidae and Acrididae (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Zootaxa, 4751(1), 29–54.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.
  • 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
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) In Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London. Vol. 1, 481 pp.

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