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Parapetasia femorata Bolívar, 1884

Parapetasia femorata Bolívar, 1884: Female, dorsal view of live specimen, from Ngutadjap in the South Cameroon Plateau. 05/2017. (Otu).
Parapetasia femorata Bolívar, 1884: Female, dorsal view of live specimen, from Ngutadjap in the South Cameroon Plateau. 05/2017. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518423; 88bd4a4d-dab4-4c45-b588-a6bb85ed2ccb: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518423; 88bd4a4d-dab4-4c45-b588-a6bb85ed2ccb: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518423; 88bd4a4d-dab4-4c45-b588-a6bb85ed2ccb: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523771; 5e6b8022-9476-4162-93b7-5ac9777c15d6: female, lateral view (holotype of Parapetasia calabarica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523771; 5e6b8022-9476-4162-93b7-5ac9777c15d6: female, dorsal view (holotype of Parapetasia calabarica). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523771; 5e6b8022-9476-4162-93b7-5ac9777c15d6: female, labels (holotype of Parapetasia calabarica). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (22)

  • Parapetasia femorata Bolívar, 1884: 485.

    Holotype; female; 88bd4a4d-dab4-4c45-b588-a6bb85ed2ccb; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Gabon

  • Parapetasia femorata Bolívar, 1884 in Bolívar, 1905: 224.
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  • Parapetasia femorata Bolívar, 1884 in Mestre & Chiffaud, 2006: 229.
  • Parapetasia femorata Bolívar, 1884 in Yetchom Fondjo, Husemann, Nzoko Fiemapong, Missoup, Kenne, Tindo, Hawlitschek, Fite, Xu, Zhu & Hemp, 2024: 268.

Nomenclature references (16)

  • Akbar, S.S. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1964) Two subgenera of Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea) raised to generic status on the basis of their phallic structures. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 99, 90–95. [1963]
  • 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
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  • Bolívar, I. (1905) Ortópteros acridioideos de la Guinea española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 209–240. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44407#page/248/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1920) Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 92–142. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • 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. (1956) Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons 1949-50: XV. Orthoptera: Acrididae. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 18(3), 960–977.
  • 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. (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
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. Acridiodea. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 31, 1–9. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42929#page/13/mode/1up
  • Yetchom Fondjo, J.A., Husemann, M., Nzoko Fiemapong, A.R., Missoup, A.D., Kenne, M., Tindo, M., Hawlitschek, O., Fite, T., Xu, S.-Q., Zhu, W. & Hemp, C. (2024) Integrative taxonomic revision of the grasshopper genera Parapetasia Bolívar, 1884, and Loveridgacris Rehn, 1954 (Orthoptera, Pyrgomorphidae), with description of a new species of Loveridgacris. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 71(2), 265–287. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.71.125877

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