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Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956

Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956: Fig. 1 A (after holotype). male head and thorax, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956: Fig. 1 A (after holotype). male head and thorax, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956: Fig. 1 B (after holotype). male head and pronotum. (Otu).
Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956: Fig. 1 C (after holotype). male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518462; 929f2a97-b6c7-4f79-83ae-4dbcea72224a: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518462; 929f2a97-b6c7-4f79-83ae-4dbcea72224a: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518462; 929f2a97-b6c7-4f79-83ae-4dbcea72224a: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518462; 929f2a97-b6c7-4f79-83ae-4dbcea72224a: Fig. 1 E. male, lateral view (holotype; body length 23.5 mm, 4.6 mm, hind femur 12.6 mm). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518462; 929f2a97-b6c7-4f79-83ae-4dbcea72224a: Fig. 1 D. male, dorsal view (holoptype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956: 114.

    Holotype; male; 929f2a97-b6c7-4f79-83ae-4dbcea72224a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Kenya: Eastern: Mt. Kulal

  • Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956 in Kevan, 1957: 201.
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  • Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956 in Hemp, Hemp & Wägele, 2009
  • Parasphena kulalensis Kevan, 1956 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 98.

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. (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. (1957) Orthoptera-Caelifera from northern Kenya and Jubaland. II. Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae and Romaleinae. Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 22, 193–208.
  • 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.

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