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Parorthacris somalica Dirsh, 1958

CollectionObject 1518366; cc765265-520e-4932-9988-9f68135f51cd: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518366; cc765265-520e-4932-9988-9f68135f51cd: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518366; cc765265-520e-4932-9988-9f68135f51cd: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518366; cc765265-520e-4932-9988-9f68135f51cd: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Parorthacris somalica Dirsh, 1958: 860.

    Holotype; male; cc765265-520e-4932-9988-9f68135f51cd; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia: Sanaag: Baran

  • Parorthacris somalica Dirsh, 1958 in Dirsh, 1965: 151.
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  • Parorthacris somalica Dirsh, 1958 in Otte, 1994: 23.
  • Parorthacris somalica Dirsh, 1958 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 111.

References (6)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Two new genera of Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10. [1957]
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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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. (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.
  • 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

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to distribution in Somalia.

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