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Vittisphena somalica Kevan, 1956

Vittisphena somalica Kevan, 1956: male, lateral view (Erigovo). (Otu).
Vittisphena somalica Kevan, 1956: male, lateral view (Erigovo). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518354; bbb3e29f-ed32-42b4-a9ab-84522b1e5c6d: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518354; bbb3e29f-ed32-42b4-a9ab-84522b1e5c6d: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518354; bbb3e29f-ed32-42b4-a9ab-84522b1e5c6d: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518354; bbb3e29f-ed32-42b4-a9ab-84522b1e5c6d: Fig. 13 B. female, lateral view (holotype) (body length 24 mm, pronotum 4 mm, hind femur 9.5 mm). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518354; bbb3e29f-ed32-42b4-a9ab-84522b1e5c6d: Fig. 13 A. female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520622; 65d54b01-9da9-44f6-b9e7-9b84c2f6a6e0: male, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520622; 65d54b01-9da9-44f6-b9e7-9b84c2f6a6e0: male, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520622; 65d54b01-9da9-44f6-b9e7-9b84c2f6a6e0: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520622; 65d54b01-9da9-44f6-b9e7-9b84c2f6a6e0: Fig. 13 D. male, lateral view (allotype) (body length 21.5 mm, pronotum 3.2 mm, hind femur 8.9 mm. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520622; 65d54b01-9da9-44f6-b9e7-9b84c2f6a6e0: Fig. 13 C. male, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Vittisphena somalica Kevan, 1956: 128, 129.

    Holotype; female; bbb3e29f-ed32-42b4-a9ab-84522b1e5c6d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia: Gaan Libah

  • Vittisphena somalica Kevan, 1956 in Dirsh, 1965: 125.
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  • Vittisphena somalica Kevan, 1956 in Mungai, Lange, Muriuki, Ingrisch, Oyieke, Muchai & Lampe, 2013
  • Vittisphena somalica Kevan, 1956 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 158.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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.
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1956) Flightless African genera of pyrgomorphine grasshoppers allied, or superficially similar, to Parasphena I. Bolivar, 1884, and Pyrgomorphella I. Bolivar, 1904, with description of certain new forms. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 29, 109–133.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Mungai, M.N., Lange, C.N., Muriuki, J.M., Ingrisch, S., Oyieke, H., Muchai, M. & Lampe, K.-H. (2013) Type specimens of the insect orders Orthoptera, Blattodea and Dermaptera in the collection of the National Museums of Kenya. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, Supplementum(60), 93–97. Available at http://archive.org/details/biostor-228364
  • 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.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Reference to distribution in Somalia.

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