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Occidentosphena ruandensis (Rehn, 1914)

CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501021; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501792; dc7087f1-756f-412d-975a-ade6dc92c8ea: male, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501792; dc7087f1-756f-412d-975a-ade6dc92c8ea: male, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501792; dc7087f1-756f-412d-975a-ade6dc92c8ea: male, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501792; dc7087f1-756f-412d-975a-ade6dc92c8ea: male, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501792; dc7087f1-756f-412d-975a-ade6dc92c8ea: male, ventral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501792; dc7087f1-756f-412d-975a-ade6dc92c8ea: male, frontal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501792; dc7087f1-756f-412d-975a-ade6dc92c8ea: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501792; dc7087f1-756f-412d-975a-ade6dc92c8ea: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501793; 2ab7f9c1-34db-4c8b-a778-5da55e40ccac: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501793; 2ab7f9c1-34db-4c8b-a778-5da55e40ccac: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Parasphena ruandensis Rehn, 1914: 99.

    Holotype; female; bad4ec17-b724-4e14-9b62-5785e344c3e4; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Democratic Republic of the Congo: Nord-Kivu: north of Lake Kivu, Virunga Mountains, Mount Nyiragongo

  • Parasphena ruandensis Rehn, 1914 in Dirsh, 1955: 72.
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  • Occidentosphena ruandensis (Rehn, 1914) in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 82.
  • Occidentosphena ruandensis (Rehn, 1914) in Wandji, Yetchom Fondjo, Husemann, Mbadjoun Nziké, Djomnang-Nkwala, Kemtchouan & Kekeunou, 2026: 112.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1955) Contributions a l'étude de la faune entomologique du Ruanda-Urundi (Mission P. Bsilewsky 1953). LIII. Orthotpera Acrididae. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge Tervuren (Belgique) Sciences Zoologiques, 40, 67–72.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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. (1962) Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) collected in Africa by E. S. Ross and R. E. Leech, 1957-1958, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 31, 227–248. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53423#page/239/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Munyaneza (1986) Contribution a l'étude de la faune acridienne du Parc National des Volcans. Cas d'Occidentosphena ruandensis (Rehn, 1914). Université Nationale de Rwanda, Butare, i-x, 1–79.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1914) Orthoptera I: Mantidae, Phasmidae, Acrididae, Tettigoniidae und Gryllidae aus dem Zentral-Afrikanischen Gebiet, Uganda und dem Ituri-Becken des Kongo. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der deutschen Zentralafrika Expedition 1907-1908, 5, 1–223. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/966177#page/7/mode/1up
  • 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

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Some of the original specimens are from western Rwanda.

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