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Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933

Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933: male, lateral view (Kenya, Kiserian, 1760 m). (Otu).
Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933: male, lateral view (Kenya, Kiserian, 1760 m). (Otu).
Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933: male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933: female, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933: male, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933: 216.

    Holotype; male; a9a62cfc-4e73-4c78-a308-c12c388d08a9; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Kenya: Nairobi: Nairobi

  • Parasphena nairobensis [sic] Sjöstedt, 1933 in Rehn, 1942: 287.
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  • Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 104.
  • Parasphena nairobensis [sic] Sjöstedt, 1933 (misspelling of Parasphena nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933)

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.
  • 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.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1933) Neue Acrididen von dem Mt. Elgon und dem Brit. Ostafrika. Vorläufige Diagnosen. Entomologisk Tidskrift, 54, 214–216.

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After type locality Nairobi.

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