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Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913)

West Usambara Afroanthracites
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. male, Mazumbai Forest Reserve, West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. male, Mazumbai Forest Reserve, West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. male, Mazumbai Forest Reserve, West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. female, Mazumbai Forest Reserve, West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. female, Mazumbai Forest Reserve, West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. female, Mazumbai Forest Reserve, West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. male, frontal view. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): male head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2013. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913): male subgential plate. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: male abdomen tip, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529606; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Anthracites usambaricus Sjöstedt, 1913: 9.

    Holotype; male; 6a96760e-cafc-4d40-9184-d87dc5313ec8; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Usambara

  • Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913) in Hemp, 2013: 306.
  • Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913) in Hemp, Grzywacz, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Hemp, 2016
  • Afroanthracites usambaricus (Sjöstedt, 1913) in Hemp, 2021: 59.

References (6)

  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1913) Neue Orthopteren aus Ost-und Westafrika nebst einigen anderen zugehörigen Formen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 8(6), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30180#page/99/mode/1up
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Zootaxa, 3613(4), 301–342.
  • Hemp, C., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B. & Hemp, A. (2015) Ecology, acoustics and chromosomes of the East African genus Afroanthracites Hemp & Ingrisch (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Agraeciini) with the description of new species. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 15(2), 351–368.
  • Ingrisch, S. (2015) A revision of the Axylus group of Agraeciini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae) and of some other species formerly included in Nicsara or Anthracites. Zootaxa, 4046(1), 1–308.
  • Hemp, C., Grzywacz, B., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Hemp, A. (2016) Topography and climatic fluctuations boosting speciation: biogeography and a molecular phylogeny of the East African genera Afroanthracites Hemp & Ingrisch and Afroagraecia Ingrisch & Hemp (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Agraeciini). Organisms, Diversity & Evolution, 16(1), 211–223.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012