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Platygryllus capensis Otte & Cade, 1984

CollectionObject 1522777; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86: Male genitalia, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522777; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86: Male genitalia, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522777; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86: Male genitalia, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522777; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86: Male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522777; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86: Male genitalia, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522777; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86: Male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522777; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86: Male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1522777; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86: Male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Platygryllus capensis Otte & Cade, 1984: 55.

    Syntype; male, adult; 6364b0b9-e039-44e4-b760-239d2b942e86; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); 19 km S Middleburg

  • Platygryllus capensis Otte & Cade, 1984 in François & Defaut, 2018: 416.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • François, A. & Defaut, B. (2018) Un nouveau grillon du genre Platygryllus de l’oriental marocain (Orthoptera, Gryllidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 123(4), 411–428.
  • Otte, D. & Cade, W.H. (1984) African crickets (Gryllidae). 4. The genus Platygryllus from eastern and southern Africa (Gryllinae, Gryllini). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 136, 45–66.

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