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Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888

Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 11. distal left protibia, inner view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 11. distal left protibia, inner view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 12. distal left protibia, outer view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 19. distal left mesotibia, outer view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 20. distal left mesotibia, inner view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 31. left metatibia, lateral view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 40. male left cercus, ventral view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 53. female subgenital plate, ventral view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 54. male subgenital plate, ventral view. (Otu).
Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: Fig. 24. left fore and hind trasus, dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500216; fd4d5b90-ec38-47db-878d-60eb570bd3cf: female, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500216; fd4d5b90-ec38-47db-878d-60eb570bd3cf: female, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500216; fd4d5b90-ec38-47db-878d-60eb570bd3cf: female, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500216; fd4d5b90-ec38-47db-878d-60eb570bd3cf: female, ventral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500216; fd4d5b90-ec38-47db-878d-60eb570bd3cf: female, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500216; fd4d5b90-ec38-47db-878d-60eb570bd3cf: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: 387.

    Lectotype; female; fd4d5b90-ec38-47db-878d-60eb570bd3cf; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN);

  • Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Kirby, 1906: 153.
  • Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Irish, 1988: 1.
  • Comicus capensis Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888 in Hollier & Maehr, 2012: 36.

References (8)

  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1888) Monographie der Stenopelmatiden und Gryllacriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 38, 247–394, pls. 5–9. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/VZBG_38_0247-0394.pdf
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Karny, H.H. (1929) A revision of the South African Gryllacrididae (Orthoptera Saltatoria). Annals of the South African Museum, 29, 77–151. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127106#page/103/mode/1up
  • Ramme, W. (1931) Systematisches, Verbreitung und morpho-biologisches aus der Gryllacriden-Unterfamilie Schizodactylinae (Orth.). Zeitschrift für Morphologie und Ökologie der Tiere, 22, 163–172.
  • Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up
  • Irish, J. (1986) The species of Comicus Brunner v. Wattenwyl (Orthoptera: Schizodactylidae) with a discussion of their origin. Navorsinge Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein, 5(10), 253–276.
  • Irish, J. (1988) Cimbebasia, 10.
  • Hollier, J.A. & Maehr, M.D. (2012) An annotated catalogue of the type material of Orthoptera (Insecta) described by Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl deposited in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(1), 27–75. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185302#page/29/mode/1up

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