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Mekongiella kingdoni (Uvarov, 1937)

CollectionObject 1518510; bbb528b1-c969-4a8c-a2a2-1a514c2bf17e: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518510; bbb528b1-c969-4a8c-a2a2-1a514c2bf17e: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518510; bbb528b1-c969-4a8c-a2a2-1a514c2bf17e: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518510; bbb528b1-c969-4a8c-a2a2-1a514c2bf17e: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1570997; a08d6ca6-114a-4821-a7b5-56b505876832: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1570997; a08d6ca6-114a-4821-a7b5-56b505876832: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1570997; a08d6ca6-114a-4821-a7b5-56b505876832: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Mekongia kingdoni Uvarov, 1937: 280.

    Holotype; female; bbb528b1-c969-4a8c-a2a2-1a514c2bf17e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); China: Xizang: Tsela Dzong, Tsangpo Valley

  • Mekongiana kingdonia [sic] (Uvarov, 1937) in Dirsh, 1956: 273.
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  • Mekongiella kingdoni (Uvarov, 1937) in Zhi, Dong, Yin & Zhang, 2016
  • Mekongiana kingdonia [sic] (Uvarov, 1937) (misspelling of Mekongia kingdoni Uvarov, 1937)

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Chen, Y. (1964) Results of entomological expedition to Tibet, China 1960-1961 (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Acta Entomologica Sinica, 13, 407–413. Available at http://www.insect.org.cn/EN/abstract/abstract11534.shtml#
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
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  • Dong, L., Shi, J., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Li, X.-J. & Yin, H. (2015) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Acridoidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit sequences. Zootaxa, 4018(3), 411–425.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) A revision of known Asiatic Sphenariini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae) with the erection of a new genus. The Canadian Entomologist, 98(12), 1275–1283.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1937) Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) collected by Capt. F. Kingdon Ward in Tibet in 1935. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 40, 279–282.
  • Xia, K.-L. & Al., E. (1994) Acridoidea: Pamphagidae, Chrotogonidae, Pyrgomorphidae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 4, 340 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C. (1984) Insects of Qinghai Tibetan Plateau.
  • Zhang, D.-C., Zhang, Y. & Yin, X.-C. (2012) A new subfamily of the grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Gomphoceridae) from the Tibetan Plateau of China. Insect Science, 19(6), 699–702.
  • Zhi, Y.-C., Dong, L., Yin, H. & Zhang, D.-C. (2016) The complete mitochondrial genome of Mekongiella kingdoni (Uvarov, 1937) (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Chrotogonidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 27(1), 187–188.

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