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Pseudosphena dispar (Dirsh, 1963)

CollectionObject 1540621; 9f9c6362-50ed-49d9-b2d8-35276286bac8: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540621; 9f9c6362-50ed-49d9-b2d8-35276286bac8: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540621; 9f9c6362-50ed-49d9-b2d8-35276286bac8: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540621; 9f9c6362-50ed-49d9-b2d8-35276286bac8: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573369; b3a2109c-0598-4397-b06c-22b5efe5cd65: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573369; b3a2109c-0598-4397-b06c-22b5efe5cd65: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573369; b3a2109c-0598-4397-b06c-22b5efe5cd65: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Parasphena dispar Dirsh, 1963: 77.

    Holotype; male; 9f9c6362-50ed-49d9-b2d8-35276286bac8; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar: Fianarantsoa: Cirque Boby, Andringitra, Ambalavao

  • Pseudosphena dispar (Dirsh, 1963) in Kevan & Akbar, 1964: 1505.
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  • Pseudosphena dispar (Dirsh, 1963) in Kevan, 1977: 85.
  • Pseudosphena dispar (Dirsh, 1963) in Otte, 1994: 20.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. & Descamps, M. (1968) Insectes. Orthoptères, Acridoidea. Pyrgomorphidae et Acrididae. Faune de Madagascar, 26, 1–312.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1963) The Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Madagascar III. Pyrgomorphidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 14, 51–103. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19401#page/65/mode/1up
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Akbar, S.S. (1964) The Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), their systematics, tribal divisions and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1505–1536.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.
  • Wintrebert, D. (1972) Nouvelles contributions à l'étude des Acridoidea malgaches (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 198, 1–129.

Descendants and synonyms

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