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Plagiotriptus alcus (Bolívar, 1914)

Plagiotriptus alcus (Bolívar, 1914): male, lateral view (Tanzania, Mufindi). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus alcus (Bolívar, 1914): male, lateral view (Tanzania, Mufindi). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus alcus (Bolívar, 1914): female, lateral view (Tanzania, Mount Rungwe). (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Manowia alca Bolívar, 1914: 46.

    Holotype; male; d0a038e3-e039-4938-8475-3b5c32e38ba0; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Tanzania: Mbeya, Manow

  • Manowia alca Bolívar, 1914 in Johnston, 1956: 6.
  • Plagiotriptus alca (Bolívar, 1914) in Descamps, 1977: 69, 71.
  • Plagiotriptus alca (Bolívar, 1914) in Hemp, 2011: 97.

References (7)

  • Bolívar, C. (1914) Eumastácinos nuevos o poco conocidos (Orthoptera: Locustidae). Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica), 16, 1–46. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48651#page/5/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Johnsen, P. & Forchhammer, P. (1974) Description of the male Plagiotriptus alcus (C. Bolivar, 1914) from Tanzania (Scridomorpha: Eumastacoidea). Natura Jutlandica, 17, 77–83.
  • Descamps, M. (1977) Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 216, 475 pp.
  • Hemp, C. (2011) A new Plagiotriptus species (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea, Thericleidae, Plagiotriptinae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of East Africa. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 20(1), 97–101. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.020.0109

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