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Species

Spizaphilus alatus (Butler, 1880)

Spizaphilus alatus (Butler, 1880): Pl. 1, Fig. 1. macrognathous male. (Otu).
Spizaphilus alatus (Butler, 1880): Pl. 1, Fig. 1. macrognathous male. (Otu).
Spizaphilus alatus (Butler, 1880): Pl. I, Fig, 1. male face. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1516680; 5599580a-f534-475d-a0ff-f3637e763809, NHMUK015982141: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516680; 5599580a-f534-475d-a0ff-f3637e763809, NHMUK015982141: male, lateral view (Holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516680; 5599580a-f534-475d-a0ff-f3637e763809, NHMUK015982141: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Anostostoma alatum Butler, 1880: 152.

    Holotype; male; NHMUK015982141; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Madagascar

  • Butleria alata (Butler, 1880) in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1888: 289.
  • Spitzaphilus [sic] alatus (Butler, 1880) in Johns, 1997: 132.
  • Spizaphilus alatus (Butler, 1880) in Hugel, 2022: 998.

References (11)

  • 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
  • Butler, A.G. (1880) Description of a new new species of Orthopteron of the genus Anostostoma from Madagascar. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1880, 152–154. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90456#page/209/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1912) Il genere Spizaphilus Kirby e le sue specie. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 50, 303–314. [1911] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39495#page/369/mode/1up
  • Hugel, S. (2022) Orthoptera: Caelifera and Ensifera, grasshoppers, katydids, crickets, valala, angely. In S.M. Goodman (Ed.). The New Natural History of Madagascar (Ed. S.M. Goodman). Princeton University Press. S.M. Goodman, Vol. 1, 996–1014 pp.
  • 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. (1928) Revisione dei Grillacridi dei Musei di Genova e Torino e della collezione Griffini. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 7, 5–153.
  • Karny, H.H. (1928) Vorläufige Mitteilung über die wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse meines Europa-Urlaubes. Entomologische Mitteilungen, Berlin-Dahlem, 17(1), 60–76. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Mitteilungen_17_1928_0060-0076.pdf
  • Karny, H.H. (1930) Revision der Gryllacriden des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien einschließlich der Collection Brunner v. Wattenwyl. 2. Hälfte. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 44, 45–198. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_44_0045-0198.pdf
  • Karny, H.H. (1932) Die Gryllacrididen des Pariser Museums und der Collection L. Chopard. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 8, 235–309. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/143302
  • 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. (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

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