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genus

Occidentosphena Kevan, 1956

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (9)

  • Occidentosphena Kevan, 1956: 111.

    type species by original designation Parasphena ruandensis Rehn, 1914

  • Occidentosphena Kevan, 1956 (classified as Occidentosphenini Kevan & Akbar, 1964) in Kevan & Akbar, 1964: 1525.
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  • Occidentosphena Kevan, 1956 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 30, 161.
  • Occidentosphena Kevan, 1956 in Wandji, Yetchom Fondjo, Husemann, Mbadjoun Nziké, Djomnang-Nkwala, Kemtchouan & Kekeunou, 2026: 120.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • 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.
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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.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2023) Pyrgomorphidae Genera of the World: Key to Genera. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Vol. 212, 1–185 pp.
  • 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.
  • Wandji, A.C., Yetchom Fondjo, J.A., Husemann, M., Mbadjoun Nziké, M., Djomnang-Nkwala, A.L., Kemtchouan, C.W. & Kekeunou, S. (2026) First record of Occidentosphena ruandensis (Rehn, 1914) in Cameroon, and re-description of Occidentosphena uvarovi (Rehn, 1942) (Orthoptera, Pyrgomorphidae) from the Cameroon Volcanic Line. African Invertebrates, 67(1), 109–124. https://doi.org/10.3897/afrinvertebr.67.195122
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Parasphena Bolívar, 1884, the original genus of the two included species, an the more western distribution.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species2035