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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Xenephias socotranus Kevan, 1973

CollectionObject 1518527; 39677b32-4387-4b42-bcfa-0344ea2faa9f: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518527; 39677b32-4387-4b42-bcfa-0344ea2faa9f: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518527; 39677b32-4387-4b42-bcfa-0344ea2faa9f: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518527; 39677b32-4387-4b42-bcfa-0344ea2faa9f: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571112; 76483db2-65b0-4a9f-b392-8e5728cb94c7: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571112; 76483db2-65b0-4a9f-b392-8e5728cb94c7: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571112; 76483db2-65b0-4a9f-b392-8e5728cb94c7: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Xenephias socotranus Kevan, 1973: 1170.

    Holotype; male; 39677b32-4387-4b42-bcfa-0344ea2faa9f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Shehaly Mt.

  • Xenephias socotranus Kevan, 1973 in Kevan, 1977: 415.
  • Xenephias socotranus Kevan, 1973 in Otte, 1994: 133.
  • Xenephias socotranus Kevan, 1973 in Felix, Bouwman, Odé, Ketelaar, Pham & Bailey, 2025: 99.

References (4)

  • Felix, R., Bouwman, J., Odé, B., Ketelaar, R., Pham, D.M. & Bailey, J. (2025) The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae). Contributions to Entomology, 75(1), 21–166. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1973) A new genus of Pyrgomorphidae (Acridoidea: Orthoptera)from the island of Socotra. The Canadian Entomologist, 105(9), 1169–1173.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After distribution on Socotra.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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