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Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869)

Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): 2011. pair (North Pare Mountains, Kiverenge, meadow 1400). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): 2011. pair (North Pare Mountains, Kiverenge, meadow 1400). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): 2011. female (Kilimanjaro). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): 2011. male. (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): 2011. male (North Pare Mountains, Kiverenge, meadow 1400 m). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): 2011. female (North Pare, Kiverenge, meadow 1400 m). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): female (North Pare, Kiverenge, meadow 1400 m). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): 2011. female (North Pare, Kiverenge, meadow 1400 m). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): 2011. female, frontal view (North Pare, Kiverenge, meadow 1400 m). (Otu).
Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869): Fig. 54. female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500957; 31e8943d-1efc-4b30-9511-5d75ce8ff0f7, DORSA BA000332S01: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500957; 31e8943d-1efc-4b30-9511-5d75ce8ff0f7, DORSA BA000332S01: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500957; 31e8943d-1efc-4b30-9511-5d75ce8ff0f7, DORSA BA000332S01: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500957; 31e8943d-1efc-4b30-9511-5d75ce8ff0f7, DORSA BA000332S01: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500957; 31e8943d-1efc-4b30-9511-5d75ce8ff0f7, DORSA BA000332S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Choroetypus [sic] hippiscus Gerstaecker, 1869: 201.

    Holotype; female; DORSA BA000332S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Kenya: Mombasa

  • Phyllochoreia hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Walker, 1871: 89.
  • Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Hemp, 2011: 97.
  • Plagiotriptus hippiscus (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Hemp, 2017: 185.

References (13)

  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum: Vol. Supplement. London, 1–116 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094#page/99/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
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1889) Orthopterologische Mittheilungen I. Über die Choroetypiden. Entomologische Nachrichten, 15, 7–10. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42933#page/415/mode/1up
  • Burr, M. (1899) Essai sur les Eumastacides tribu des Acridiodea. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 28, 75–112, 253–304, 345–350, 3 pls. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1176
  • 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.
  • Descamps, M. (1977) Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 216, 475 pp.
  • Schabel, H.G. (2008) African pine-feeding grasshoppers, Plagiotriptus pinivorus (Descamps) and P. hippiscus (Gerst.) (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae). In Encyclopedia of Entomology. Vol. 1, 70–72 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
  • 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
  • Hemp, C. (2017) Annotated checklist of Orthoptera from Kazimzumbwi forest reserve, the description of new species from Tanzania, East Africa and biogeographic patterns of threatened species. Zootaxa, 4226(2), 151–193.

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