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Occidentosphena uvarovi (Rehn, 1942)

Occidentosphena uvarovi (Rehn, 1942): Male and female, dorsal view of live specimens, from Mount Bamboutos in Cameroon. 12/2023. (Otu).
Occidentosphena uvarovi (Rehn, 1942): Male and female, dorsal view of live specimens, from Mount Bamboutos in Cameroon. 12/2023. (Otu).
Occidentosphena uvarovi (Rehn, 1942): Male, dorsal view of live specimen, from Mount Bamboutos in Cameroon. 05/2023. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501022; 40be3203-8cae-4703-9e3d-354d89855c27: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501022; 40be3203-8cae-4703-9e3d-354d89855c27: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501022; 40be3203-8cae-4703-9e3d-354d89855c27: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540635; fbe5df7b-82d5-40e7-81a8-63acaa73c6ea: female, lateral view (holotype of Parasphena granulata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540635; fbe5df7b-82d5-40e7-81a8-63acaa73c6ea: female, dorsal view (holotype of Parasphena granulata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540635; fbe5df7b-82d5-40e7-81a8-63acaa73c6ea: labels (holotype of Parasphena granulata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568986; 99ed0356-b86d-4539-a7db-f9d4c292e207: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568986; 99ed0356-b86d-4539-a7db-f9d4c292e207: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568986; 99ed0356-b86d-4539-a7db-f9d4c292e207: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Parasphena uvarovi Rehn, 1942: 288.

    Holotype; male; 40be3203-8cae-4703-9e3d-354d89855c27; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Cameroon: Cameroon Mountains, N'tem Ebene

  • Parasphena granulata Chopard, 1945: 174.

    Holotype; female; fbe5df7b-82d5-40e7-81a8-63acaa73c6ea; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Cameroon: Sud-Ouest: Lebialem: Bambouto Mountains

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  • Parasphena granulata Chopard, 1945 (subjective synonym of Parasphena uvarovi Rehn, 1942) in Kevan, 1977: 403.
  • Occidentosphena uvarovi (Rehn, 1942) in Kevan, 1977: 403.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Chopard, L. (1945) Orthopteroides recueillis dans les montagnes du Cameroun par la Mission Lepesme, Paulian, Villers. Revue Française d'Entomologie, 11, 156–178, 27 figs.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In 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. (1948) New species of Parasphena Bolivar 1884 (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Pyrgomorphinae) from East Africa. Journal of East Africa Natural History, 19, 110–130. [1946]
  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1974) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea). Part V. Tribes Schulthessiini, Taphronotini, Dictyophorini, Tagastini, Pseudomorphacridini, Atractomorphini, Spenariini and Omurini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 48, 203–294, pl. 1–7. [1972] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164750
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1942) Notes on the species of the locust genus Parasphena, with descriptions of three new species. (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Pyrgomorphinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 94, 287–306, 2 pls.

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