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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Albascopia afroensis (Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015)

CollectionObject 1572180; e9fb2aee-b3e7-4194-82c3-ffca3718edd5: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572180; e9fb2aee-b3e7-4194-82c3-ffca3718edd5: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572180; e9fb2aee-b3e7-4194-82c3-ffca3718edd5: male, body lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1572180; e9fb2aee-b3e7-4194-82c3-ffca3718edd5: male, head and thorax in lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Pseudoproscopia afroensis Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 138.

    Holotype; male; e9fb2aee-b3e7-4194-82c3-ffca3718edd5; deposited at: Colección de Artrópodos y otros Invertebrados, Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas, Bogotá, Colombia (CAUD); Colombia: Chocó: Tado

  • Albascopia afroensis (Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015) in Cadena-Castañeda, 2025: 122.

References (2)

  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2025) Studies on stick grasshoppers: New Proscopiini taxa from Colombia, Panama, and Costa Rica (Orthoptera: Proscopiidae). Zootaxa, 5729(1), 105–134. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5729.1.4

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Alluding to the Afro-Colombian population of Chocó Department, where the species is distributed.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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