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Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933

Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933: male, habitus (Elgon, Kenya). (Otu).
Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933: male, habitus (Elgon, Kenya). (Otu).
Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933: male, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933: 216.

    Syntype; 63a247a1-61d7-41c9-8370-c6a0a5228247; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Kenya: Western: Mount Elgon

  • Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933 in Johnston, 1956: 168.
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  • Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933 in Hemp, Hemp & Wägele, 2009
  • Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 93.

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. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1975) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth.: Acridoidea). Part VI. (Conclusion). Tribes Pyrgomorphini and Chrotogonini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 49, 131–218. [1973] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/165215
  • 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.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Neue Acrididen von dem Mt. Elgon und dem Brit. Ostafrika. Vorläufige Diagnosen. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 54, 214–216.

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