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Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962

Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962: male, lateral view (probably specimen from Baccetti 1984). (Otu).
Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962: male, lateral view (probably specimen from Baccetti 1984). (Otu).
Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962: Fig. I. male, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518444; c3451789-df95-4ac5-b864-46c937c6283d: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518444; c3451789-df95-4ac5-b864-46c937c6283d: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518444; c3451789-df95-4ac5-b864-46c937c6283d: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962: 42.

    Holotype; female; c3451789-df95-4ac5-b864-46c937c6283d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia

  • Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962 in Kevan, 1977: 231.
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  • Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962 in Otte, 1994: 86.
  • Paraphymateus roffeyi Dirsh, 1962 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 85.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Baccetti, B. (1984) Notulae orthopterologicae. 39. New or little known East-African grasshoppers. Redia, 67, 367–400.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1962) Two new African genera of Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 38, 41–46. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157575
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  • 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.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the collector of the specimens J. Roffey.

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