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Sphenexia fusiformis Karsch, 1896

Sphenexia fusiformis Karsch, 1896: male, lateral view (Tanzania, Kisarawe Kazimzumbwi forest). (Otu).
Sphenexia fusiformis Karsch, 1896: male, lateral view (Tanzania, Kisarawe Kazimzumbwi forest). (Otu).
Sphenexia fusiformis Karsch, 1896: male and female (Tanzania, Kisarawe). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501069; 666ab749-683c-4037-b7df-8b85c90da1b5: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501069; 666ab749-683c-4037-b7df-8b85c90da1b5: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501069; 666ab749-683c-4037-b7df-8b85c90da1b5: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Sphenexia fusiformis Karsch, 1896: 269.

    Holotype; male; 666ab749-683c-4037-b7df-8b85c90da1b5; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Usáramo

  • Sphenexia fusiformis Karsch, 1896 in Bolívar, 1909: 24.
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  • Sphenexia fusiformis Karsch, 1896 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 139.
  • Sphenexia fusiformis Karsch, 1896 in Hemp, 2017: 185.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Bolívar, I. (1909) Orthoptera Fam. Acrididae. Subfam. Pyrgomorphinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 90, 1–58 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138363#page/7/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • Hemp, C. (2017) Annotated checklist of Orthoptera from Kazimzumbwi forest reserve, the description of new species from Tanzania, East Africa and biogeographic patterns of threatened species. Zootaxa, 4226(2), 151–193.
  • 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.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.
  • Ramme, W. (1929) Afrikanische Acrididae. Revisionen und Beschreibungen wenig bekannter und neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 15, 247–492.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Spindle-shaped, referring to body shape.

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