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Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) perplexus Otte & Cade, 1984

CollectionObject 1522872; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e: Male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522872; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e: Male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522872; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e: Male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522872; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e: Male genitalia, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522872; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e: Male genitalia, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522872; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e: Male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522872; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e: Male genitalia, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522872; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e: Male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1962389; f983acd4-295c-4e5a-9e62-2299a45cf8db: Female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1962389; f983acd4-295c-4e5a-9e62-2299a45cf8db: Female, labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1962389; f983acd4-295c-4e5a-9e62-2299a45cf8db: Female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1962389; f983acd4-295c-4e5a-9e62-2299a45cf8db: Female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Modicogryllus perplexus Otte & Cade, 1984: 88.

    Holotype; male; 9d8e9ec4-2e14-4260-8f3b-e77e9ca1dd8e; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); South Africa: Mpumalanga: Komatipoort

  • Modicogryllus perplexus Otte & Cade, 1984 in Otte, Toms & Cade, 1988: 466.
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  • Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) perplexus Otte & Cade, 1984 in Ma, Zheng & Qiao, 2021: 229.
  • Modicogryllus perplexus Otte & Cade, 1984 in Felix, Bouwman, Odé, Ketelaar, Pham & Bailey, 2025: 113.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • 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
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1993) Grylloidea (Orthoptera) of Saudi Arabia and adjacent countries. In Fauna of Saudi Arabia. Ciba-Geigy Ltd., Basel. Vol. 13, 79–97 pp. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/1993%20%2863-68%29/63%20Grylloidea%20of%20Saudi%20Arabia%201993.pdf
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  • Ma, L., Zheng, Y. & Qiao, M. (2021) Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa, 4990(2), 227–252.
  • Otte, D. & Cade, W.H. (1984) African crickets (Gryllidae). 5. East and South African species of Modicogryllus and several related genera (Gryllinae, Modicogryllini). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 136, 67–97.
  • Otte, D., Toms, R.B. & Cade, W.H. (1988) New species and records of east and southern African crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae). Annale van die Transvaal Museum, 34(19), 405–468. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/nfi_annalstm/34/19/AJA00411752_1043

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