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Thericles obtusifrons Stål, 1875

Thericles obtusifrons Stål, 1875: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Thericles obtusifrons Stål, 1875: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Thericles obtusifrons Stål, 1875: female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500944; 868f08be-b69d-4e3e-8fd5-9584caa2a782: female, lateral view (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500944; 868f08be-b69d-4e3e-8fd5-9584caa2a782: female, dorsal view (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500944; 868f08be-b69d-4e3e-8fd5-9584caa2a782: female, ventral view (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500944; 868f08be-b69d-4e3e-8fd5-9584caa2a782: female, frontal view (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500944; 868f08be-b69d-4e3e-8fd5-9584caa2a782: labels (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595426; 5e1e1297-315d-4e3c-bab2-769be349b2e4: female, dorsal view (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595426; 5e1e1297-315d-4e3c-bab2-769be349b2e4: labels (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595427; 75770566-301e-45c4-ad34-7f78284900d0, DORSA BA000608S03: female, dorsal view (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595427; 75770566-301e-45c4-ad34-7f78284900d0, DORSA BA000608S03: labels (syntype of Symbellia stigmatica). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Thericles obtusifrons Stål, 1875: 36.

    Holotype; female; 286be810-0bd1-4724-b8bf-3532fab15d1b; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Namibia: Erongo: Damaraland

  • Thericles obtusifrons Stål, 1875 in Karsch, 1889: 33.
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  • Symbellia stigmatica Karny, 1910 (subjective synonym of Thericles obtusifrons Stål, 1875) in Descamps, 1977: 238.
  • Symbellia stigmatica Karny, 1910 in Otte, 1994: 83.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • 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
  • 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
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  • Descamps, M. (1964) Révision préliminaire des Euschmidtiinae (Orthoptera - Eumastacidae). Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 30, 1–321. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57453087#page/17/mode/1up
  • Descamps, M. (1977) Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 216, 475 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Karny, H.H. (1910) Orthoptera (s. str.). In Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. Vol. 4, pp. 35–90, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114237#page/51/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1889) Orthopterologische Mitteilungen 2. Über die Mastaciden. Entomologische Nachrichten, 15, 24–36. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42933#page/432/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 2. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A Eumastacoidea Trigonopterygoidea Pneumoroidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 162 pp.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1932) Orthopterentypen in Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. 2. Acrididae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 24(1), 89 pp.
  • 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

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