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Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942

Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942: male, habitus (Nanyuki, Kenya). (Otu).
Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942: male, habitus (Nanyuki, Kenya). (Otu).
Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942: female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1523778; 620616c5-2c8a-47e7-93fd-4122aa6299d7: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523778; 620616c5-2c8a-47e7-93fd-4122aa6299d7: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523778; 620616c5-2c8a-47e7-93fd-4122aa6299d7: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568969; ec9b01be-2ee5-4339-9da9-7402cea1f0f2: male, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568969; ec9b01be-2ee5-4339-9da9-7402cea1f0f2: male, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568969; ec9b01be-2ee5-4339-9da9-7402cea1f0f2: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942: 293.

    Holotype; female; 620616c5-2c8a-47e7-93fd-4122aa6299d7; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Kenya: Between Nanyuki and Upper Guaso Nyiro

  • Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942 in Johnston, 1956: 167.
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  • Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942 in Hemp, Hemp & Wägele, 2009
  • Parasphena campestris Rehn, 1942 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 91.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Hemp, C., Hemp, A. & Wägele, J.W. (2009) Description of a new species of Parasphena Bolivar, 1884 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) from northwestern Tanzania and new data on the biogeography, coenology, habitat and morphology of the genus. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(1), 113–119. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0114
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1942) Notes on the species of the locust genus Parasphena, with descriptions of three new species. (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Pyrgomorphinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 94, 287–306, 2 pls.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.

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