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Camoensia insignis insignis Bolívar, 1882

Camoensia insignis insignis Bolívar, 1882: lateral view. (Otu).
Camoensia insignis insignis Bolívar, 1882: lateral view. (Otu).
Camoensia insignis insignis Bolívar, 1882: female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1578582; 9ccfae57-3e2a-426d-975d-9db6dca00ce4: female,lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578582; 9ccfae57-3e2a-426d-975d-9db6dca00ce4: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578582; 9ccfae57-3e2a-426d-975d-9db6dca00ce4: female, labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578583; d9594c4b-e1ba-40f7-b6b8-f758e6dd046a: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578583; d9594c4b-e1ba-40f7-b6b8-f758e6dd046a: male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578583; d9594c4b-e1ba-40f7-b6b8-f758e6dd046a: male, labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Camoensia insignis Bolívar, 1882: 107-19.

    Syntype; ec582c8f-adb2-4610-88a0-6ed8bc9e0919; Angola: Cunene: Humbe. Syntype; female; 9ccfae57-3e2a-426d-975d-9db6dca00ce4; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Angola: Cunene: Humbe. Syntype; male; d9594c4b-e1ba-40f7-b6b8-f758e6dd046a; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Angola: Cunene: Humbe

  • Camoensia insignis Bolívar, 1882 in Bolívar, 1884: 486.
  • Camoensia insignis Bolívar, 1882 in Johnston, 1968: 91.
  • Camoensia insignis Bolívar, 1882 in Kevan, 1977: 316.

References (11)

  • Bolívar, I. (1882) Etudes sur les insectes d'Angola qui trouvent au Muséum national de Lisbonne. Orthoptères. Jornal de sciências mathemáticas, physicas e naturaes (Ser. 1), 8, 107–119. [1881] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ia/jornald25323436187984acad#page/395/
  • Bolívar, I. (1884) Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 13, 1–73, 418–500. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54702#page/9/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1889) Ortópteros de Africa del Museo de Lisboa (3). Jornal de sciências mathemáticas, physicas e naturaes (Ser. 2), 1, 150–173. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/23044
  • Bolívar, I. (1904) Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). II. Sphenariinae, III. Tapesinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 4, 306–328. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28617#page/330/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1953) Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 79(3), 99–150.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1955) A further contribution to our knowledge of the Acrididae (Orthoptera) of Angola. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 24, 61–82.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for extraordinary, distinguished, alluding to the black and red coloration of head and pronotum.

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