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Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899)

CollectionObject 1516672; 4dcc2650-639f-45bd-8dd3-4c2b0e7ff930, NHMUK015982137: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516672; 4dcc2650-639f-45bd-8dd3-4c2b0e7ff930, NHMUK015982137: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516672; 4dcc2650-639f-45bd-8dd3-4c2b0e7ff930, NHMUK015982137: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516672; 4dcc2650-639f-45bd-8dd3-4c2b0e7ff930, NHMUK015982137: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; NHMUK015982137; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Mpumalanga: Barberton

Nomenclature (8)

  • Carcinopsis vittatus Kirby, 1899: 478.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK015982137; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Mpumalanga: Barberton

  • Libanasa vittata (Kirby, 1899) in Kirby, 1906: 117.
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  • Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899) in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 76.
  • Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899) in Chimimba, Bateman, Bastos, Brettschneider & Scholtz, 2009

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Bateman, P.W. (2000) The influence of weeapon asymmetry on male-male competition success in a sexually dimorphic insect, the African King Cricket Libanasidus vittatus (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Journal of Insect Behavior, 13(1), 157–163. Available at http://www.springerlink.com/content/l848v845v5vg8728/
  • Chimimba, C.T., Bateman, P.W., Bastos, A.D.S., Brettschneider, H. & Scholtz, C.H. (2009) The tusked king cricket, Libanasidus vittatus (Kirby, 1899) (Anostostomatidae), from South Africa: morphological and molecular evidence suggest two cryptic species. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 40(1), 85–103.
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  • Johns, P.M. (1997) The Gondwanaland weta: family Anostostomatidae (formerly in Stenopelmatidae, Henicidae or Mimnermidae): nomenclatural problems, world checklist, new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 6, 125–138. Available at http://wetageta.massey.ac.nz/PDFs/Articles_from_Jo/Johns%201997.pdf
  • 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
  • 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1899) Notes on a collection of Gryllidae, Stenopelmatidae; Gryllacridae, and Hetrodidae formed by Mr. W.L. Distant in the Transvaal and other South- and East-African localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3, 475–480. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63341#page/515/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Picker, M., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. (2005) In Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa. 444 pp.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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