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Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922

Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922: female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518485; 683f7a41-be90-4e29-9be8-ac65caf5c0d0: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518485; 683f7a41-be90-4e29-9be8-ac65caf5c0d0: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518485; 683f7a41-be90-4e29-9be8-ac65caf5c0d0: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571033; c53858c4-8761-4ae8-bcc0-c7e729f32ef3: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571033; c53858c4-8761-4ae8-bcc0-c7e729f32ef3: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571033; c53858c4-8761-4ae8-bcc0-c7e729f32ef3: female, labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922: 110-112.

    Holotype; male; 683f7a41-be90-4e29-9be8-ac65caf5c0d0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Herbert

  • Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922 in Johnston, 1956: 157.
  • Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922 in Johnston, 1968: 91.
  • Phymella capensis Uvarov, 1922 in Kevan, 1977: 496.

References (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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. (1959) A study of the genus Chrotogonus Audinet-Serville, 1839 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Pyrgomorphidae). V. A revisional monograph of the Chrotogonini. VI. The history and biogeography. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 43, 11–199.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1962) Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) collected in Africa by E. S. Ross and R. E. Leech, 1957-1958, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 31, 227–248. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53423#page/239/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1922) On some new or little known South African grasshoppers. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 99–113, 539–551. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78391#page/121/mode/1up

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