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Tanitella prasina (Karsch, 1888)

Tanitella prasina (Karsch, 1888): female, lateral view (as Ochrophlebia prasina). (Otu).
Tanitella prasina (Karsch, 1888): female, lateral view (as Ochrophlebia prasina). (Otu).
Tanitella prasina (Karsch, 1888): lateral view. (Otu).
Tanitella prasina (Karsch, 1888): female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1506181; 1776caec-38b5-4c50-8552-0a40398f7f04: female, lateral view (holotype of Pyrgomorpha capensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506181; 1776caec-38b5-4c50-8552-0a40398f7f04: female, dorsal view (holotype of Pyrgomorpha capensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506181; 1776caec-38b5-4c50-8552-0a40398f7f04: female, labels (holotype of Pyrgomorpha capensis). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Ochrophlebia prasina Karsch, 1888: 342.

    Holotype; female; 51ee98be-da02-4fe8-b3ed-31994f0608c3; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

  • Ochrophlebia prasina Karsch, 1888 in Bolívar, 1904: 445.
  • Tanitella prasina (Karsch, 1888) in Kevan, 1977: 443.
  • Pyrgomorpha capensis Bolívar, 1904 (subjective synonym of Ochrophlebia prasina Karsch, 1888) in Hollier, 2016: 23.

References (10)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1888) Beiträge zu Bolivar's Monografia de los Pirgomorfinos. Entomologische Nachrichten, 14(21), 328–335, 340–346, 355–361. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42933
  • Bolívar, I. (1904) Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). VI. Poecilocerinae. VII. Pyrgomorphinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 4, 432–459. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28617#page/456/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1962) A revision of the tribe Pygomorphini, other than Pyrgomorpha and the flightless genera (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 60, 113–161.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1963) A new species of Pyrgomorpha (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from South Africa. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 32, 175–177.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 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.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2016) The type specimens of Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Ignacio Bolívar and deposited in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 123(1), 21–33. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/274396#page/27/mode/1up

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