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Phyteumas olivaceus (Karsch, 1896)

CollectionObject 1501053; be7baf93-ffb1-4584-b3bf-c00196af1936, DORSA BAphytolivHTF: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501053; be7baf93-ffb1-4584-b3bf-c00196af1936, DORSA BAphytolivHTF: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501053; be7baf93-ffb1-4584-b3bf-c00196af1936, DORSA BAphytolivHTF: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501053; be7baf93-ffb1-4584-b3bf-c00196af1936, DORSA BAphytolivHTF: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Phymateus olivaceus Karsch, 1896: 273.

    Holotype; female; DORSA BAphytolivHTF; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Tanga

  • Phymateus olivaceus Karsch, 1896 in Bolívar, 1903: 189.
  • Phyteumas olivaceus (Karsch, 1896) in Kevan, 1977: 236.
  • Phyteumas olivaceus (Karsch, 1896) in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 113.

References (12)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1903) El género "Phymateus" Thunberg. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 3, 188–192. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28616#page/194/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1904) Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). IV. Taphronotinae. V. Phymateinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 4, 393–418. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28617#page/417/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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 7. Acridiodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 149–199. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/265/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Phipps, J. (1959) Studies in East African Acrididae (Orthoptera), with special reference to egg-production, habitats and seasonal cycles. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 111, 27–56.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Phipps, J. (1966) The habitat and seasonal distribution of some East African grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 41, 25–36.
  • 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.
  • 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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