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Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855)

Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855): 2014. male (Kwa Zulu Natal, Drakensberg, Wittieshoek, 2300 m). (Otu).
Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855): 2014. male (Kwa Zulu Natal, Drakensberg, Wittieshoek, 2300 m). (Otu).
Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855): 2014. male, head and pronotum (Kwa Zulu Natal, Drakensberg, Wittieshoek, 2300 m). (Otu).
Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855): 2014. male, latero-frontal view (Kwa Zulu Natal, Drakensberg, Wittieshoek, 2300 m). (Otu).
Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855): 2014. male, ventral view (Kwa Zulu Natal, Drakensberg, Wittieshoek, 2300 m). (Otu).
Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855): male, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501051; a30336fb-0e1f-42dd-8c50-5783df2ffdd6, MfN 1989: female, lateral view (holotype of Petasia satanas). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501051; a30336fb-0e1f-42dd-8c50-5783df2ffdd6, MfN 1989: female, dorsal view (holotype of Petasia satanas). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501051; a30336fb-0e1f-42dd-8c50-5783df2ffdd6, MfN 1989: female, ventral view (holotype of Petasia satanas). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501051; a30336fb-0e1f-42dd-8c50-5783df2ffdd6, MfN 1989: female, frontal view (holotype of Petasia satanas). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501051; a30336fb-0e1f-42dd-8c50-5783df2ffdd6, MfN 1989: labels (holotype of Petasia satanas). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506174; 674705d1-f430-487c-b07f-a264eebbf68d: female, lateral view (lectotype of Maura brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506174; 674705d1-f430-487c-b07f-a264eebbf68d: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Maura brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506174; 674705d1-f430-487c-b07f-a264eebbf68d: female, labels (lectotype of Maura brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535544; 8aff02f8-a95b-441d-b0a6-6121e4c2b791: female, lateral view (lectotype of Maura rugulosa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535544; 8aff02f8-a95b-441d-b0a6-6121e4c2b791: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Maura rugulosa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535544; 8aff02f8-a95b-441d-b0a6-6121e4c2b791: female, labels (lectotype of Maura rugulosa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565003; 42bd51c1-7d49-4689-a07e-ddce42502b2b: female, lateral view (lectotype of Maura rugulosa brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565003; 42bd51c1-7d49-4689-a07e-ddce42502b2b: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Maura rugulosa brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565003; 42bd51c1-7d49-4689-a07e-ddce42502b2b: female, labels (lectotype of Maura rugulosa brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578630; 154c837b-7602-497a-bc93-90e361b8d31e: male, lateral view (paralectotype of Maura rugulosa brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578630; 154c837b-7602-497a-bc93-90e361b8d31e: male, dorsal view (paralectotype of Maura rugulosa brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578630; 154c837b-7602-497a-bc93-90e361b8d31e: male, labels (paralectotype of Maura rugulosa brevipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578631; f75983e7-fcfe-4779-b9fa-7df4e014cc59: female, lateral view (paralectotype of Maura rugulosa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578631; f75983e7-fcfe-4779-b9fa-7df4e014cc59: female, dorsal view (paralectotype of Maura rugulosa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578631; f75983e7-fcfe-4779-b9fa-7df4e014cc59: female, labels (paralectotype of Maura rugulosa). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (78)

  • Petasia rubroornata Stål, 1855: 352.

    Syntype; female; b5bff0b7-6591-41dd-b31e-f3fc27b8b977; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, Port Natal

  • Petasia pyrrhomela Walker, 1870: 545.

    Syntype; female; a8b3b44b-7e94-425c-a391-0b07660c57fb; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

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  • Maura rubroornata (Stål, 1855) in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 78.
  • Petasia rubro-ornata [sic] (Stål, 1855) (misspelling of Petasia rubroornata Stål, 1855)

Nomenclature references (24)

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  • 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
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  • 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
  • Bolívar, I. (1909) Orthoptera Fam. Acrididae. Subfam. Pyrgomorphinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 90, 1–58 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138363#page/7/mode/1up
  • de Saussure, H. (1899) Orthoptera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagaskar und Ostafrika in den Jahren 1889-95 von Dr. A. Voeltzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21, 567–664. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85045#page/613/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1970) Acridoidea of the Congo (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 8(182), 1–605.
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1781) Species Insectorum. Vol. 1, 340–371 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44032
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1873) Acridiodea nonnulla nova insigniora. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 34, 185–197. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35937#page/190/mode/1up
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1889) Charakteristik einer Reihe bemerkenswerther Orthopteren. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein für Neuvorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald, 20, 1–58.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2013) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève. Part 4: The Acridomorpha excluding the superfamily Acridoidea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 120(2), 203–219. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/203304#page/33/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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. (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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1902) Report on a collection of African Locustidae formed by Mr. W. L. Distant, chiefly from the Transvaal. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1902, 57–114, 231–241. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48243#page/95/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
  • 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.
  • Stål, C. (1855) Nya Orthoptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 12, 348–353. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54201#page/362/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Veiga Ferreira, G.da (1964) Catálogo dos Ortópteros de Moçambique. Revista de Entomologia de Moçambique, 7, 217–295.
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich

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Etymology:

Reference to decorative red coloration.

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