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Menesesia novaeguineae Willemse, 1922

CollectionObject 1501042; d6bd2341-9d36-4847-a01b-650e06ba1382: male, lateral view (holotype of Desmopterina elegans). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501042; d6bd2341-9d36-4847-a01b-650e06ba1382: male, lateral view (holotype of Desmopterina elegans). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501042; d6bd2341-9d36-4847-a01b-650e06ba1382: male, dorsal view (holotype of Desmopterina elegans). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501042; d6bd2341-9d36-4847-a01b-650e06ba1382: labels (holotype of Desmopterina elegans). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575337; 0e827fd0-3927-4115-b53d-9e3df75fba2a: female, lateral view (allotype of Desmopterina elegans). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575337; 0e827fd0-3927-4115-b53d-9e3df75fba2a: female, dorsal view (allotype of Desmopterina elegans). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575337; 0e827fd0-3927-4115-b53d-9e3df75fba2a: female, labels (allotype of Desmopterina elegans). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Menesesia novaeguineae Willemse, 1922: 711.

    Holotype; female; 5867257c-2695-4864-ae1b-9b3a0d24341b; deposited at: Instituut voor Taxonomische Zoologie, Zoologisch Museum (ZMAN); New Guinea

  • Desmopterina elegans Ramme, 1941: 54.

    Holotype; male; d6bd2341-9d36-4847-a01b-650e06ba1382; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Papua New Guinea: East Sepik: Mäanderberg

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  • Desmopterina longipennis Rehn, 1951 (subjective synonym of Menesesia novaeguineae Willemse, 1922) in Kevan, 1977: 135.
  • Menesesia novaeguineae Willemse, 1922 in Otte, 1994: 60.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1963) A revision of the Desmopterini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pygomorphidae) Part I. Genera other than Desmopterella. Nova Guinea, 19, 361–407.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) Further observations on Desmopterini other than Desmopterella Ramme, with descriptions of new species. (Orth.: Pyrgomorphidae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 41, 573–596. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/162257
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1970) A revision of the Desmopterini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Pyrgomorphidae) Part II. Desmopterella Ramme, 1941. Pacific Insects, 12(3), 543–627. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pi12-3.htm
  • 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.
  • Ramme, W. (1941) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Acrididen-Fauna des indomalayischen und benachbarter Gebiete (Orth.). Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Tiergeographie von Celebes. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 25, 1–243. [1940]
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1951) Some additions to our knowledge of the Desmopterinae (Orthotpera; Acrididae; Pyrgomorphinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 103, 211–236.
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1922) Résultats de l'expédition scientifique neerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1912-1913. Orthoptera Fam. Acridodea. Nova Guinea, 13, Zool. 5, 702–722.

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