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Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942

Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942: male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942: male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942: female, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942: male, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1523779; 525f7184-3d82-459b-9462-35320d323728: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523779; 525f7184-3d82-459b-9462-35320d323728: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523779; 525f7184-3d82-459b-9462-35320d323728: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942: 298.

    Holotype; female; 525f7184-3d82-459b-9462-35320d323728; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); S. Sudan: East Equatoria: South Sudan: Imatong Mountains

  • Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942 in Johnston, 1956: 169.
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  • Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942 in Hemp, Hemp & Wägele, 2009
  • Parasphena imatongensis Rehn, 1942 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 94.

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. (1961) A new micropterous African Pyrgomorphid genus, with comments on related or superficially similar forms (Orthopt. Acridoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 24, 154–164.
  • 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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