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Parasphena cheranganica Uvarov, 1938

CollectionObject 1540702; 7f5b9f55-a81b-4d9a-b0c1-35a59ae3548f: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540702; 7f5b9f55-a81b-4d9a-b0c1-35a59ae3548f: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540702; 7f5b9f55-a81b-4d9a-b0c1-35a59ae3548f: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540702; 7f5b9f55-a81b-4d9a-b0c1-35a59ae3548f: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Parasphena cheranganica Uvarov, 1938: 167.

    Holotype; male; 7f5b9f55-a81b-4d9a-b0c1-35a59ae3548f; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Kenya: Rift Valley: Cherangani Hills

  • Parasphena cheranganica Uvarov, 1938 in Kevan, 1956: 114.
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  • Parasphena cheranganica Uvarov, 1938 in Hemp, Hemp & Wägele, 2009
  • Parasphena cheranganica Uvarov, 1938 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 92.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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. (1956) Flightless African genera of pyrgomorphine grasshoppers allied, or superficially similar, to Parasphena I. Bolivar, 1884, and Pyrgomorphella I. Bolivar, 1904, with description of certain new forms. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 29, 109–133.
  • 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) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1938) Mission scientifique de l'Omo. Othoptera. III. Acrididae. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 8, 145–176.

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