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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Arachnocephalus kevani Chopard, 1954

CollectionObject 1517596; cd1b8cb9-5261-4c2d-a0ef-a7539db45a01, NHMUK015982175: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517596; cd1b8cb9-5261-4c2d-a0ef-a7539db45a01, NHMUK015982175: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517596; cd1b8cb9-5261-4c2d-a0ef-a7539db45a01, NHMUK015982175: female, lateral view 1954 (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2071147; 71cebb82-fb73-4e5e-94bc-a9a207a12fd5, NHMUK015982178: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2071147; 71cebb82-fb73-4e5e-94bc-a9a207a12fd5, NHMUK015982178: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Arachnocephalus kevani Chopard, 1954 in Chopard & Kevan, 1954: 349.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK015982175; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Kenya: Mandera District, Damassa

  • Arachnocephalus kevani Chopard, 1954 in Chopard, 1968: 240.

References (2)

  • Chopard, L. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1954) Orthoptera-Ensifera from Kenya and Jubaland. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 105, 315–353.
  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.

Descendants and synonyms

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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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Species1001