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Taphronota (Epamontor) stali Bolívar, 1884: male, head and pronotum, lateral view (Taphronota staali Kevan). (Otu).
Taphronota (Epamontor) stali Bolívar, 1884: male, head and pronotum, lateral view (Taphronota staali Kevan). (Otu).
Taphronota (Epamontor) stali Bolívar, 1884: male, dorsal view (Taphronota staali Kevan). (Otu).
Taphronota (Epamontor) stali Bolívar, 1884: Fig. 14. male head and pronotum, dorsal view (Taphronota stali maior). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501834; a57d36e9-d02c-44f2-9f95-9d83ca18aa22: male, lateral view (paratype of Taphronota stali maior). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501834; a57d36e9-d02c-44f2-9f95-9d83ca18aa22: male, dorsal view (paratype of Taphronota stali maior). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501834; a57d36e9-d02c-44f2-9f95-9d83ca18aa22: male, ventral view (paratype of Taphronota stali maior). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501834; a57d36e9-d02c-44f2-9f95-9d83ca18aa22: male, frontal view (paratype of Taphronota stali maior). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501834; a57d36e9-d02c-44f2-9f95-9d83ca18aa22: labels (paratype of Taphronota stali maior). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (30)

  • Taphronota stali Bolívar, 1884: 473.
  • Taphronota ståli [sic] Bolívar, 1884: 473. (not Latin)

    Holotype; female; 7810e612-d0e8-4ff6-bbe0-2b729e23c9b2; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS);

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  • Taphronota staeli [sic] Bolívar, 1884 (misspelling of Taphronota stali Bolívar, 1884)
  • Taphronota staali [sic] Bolívar, 1884 (misspelling of Taphronota stali Bolívar, 1884)

References (16)

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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
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  • 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

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Named after the Swedish entomologist Carl Stål (1833–1878).

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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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