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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Conocephalus (Anisoptera) brevicercus (Karsch, 1893)

CollectionObject 1500245; 90826af5-1fb9-4b35-b7ee-f609c1bbe1db: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500245; 90826af5-1fb9-4b35-b7ee-f609c1bbe1db: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500245; 90826af5-1fb9-4b35-b7ee-f609c1bbe1db: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500245; 90826af5-1fb9-4b35-b7ee-f609c1bbe1db: male, base of left tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500245; 90826af5-1fb9-4b35-b7ee-f609c1bbe1db: male, base of right tegmen (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500245; 90826af5-1fb9-4b35-b7ee-f609c1bbe1db: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500245; 90826af5-1fb9-4b35-b7ee-f609c1bbe1db: label (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Xiphidium [sic] brevicercus Karsch, 1893: 142.

    Holotype; male; 90826af5-1fb9-4b35-b7ee-f609c1bbe1db; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg

  • Anisoptera brevicorne [sic] (Karsch, 1893) in Kirby, 1906: 279.
  • Conocephalus (Anisoptera) brevicercus (Karsch, 1893) in Hemp, 2013: 312.
  • Anisoptera brevicorne [sic] (Karsch, 1893) (misspelling of Xiphidium [sic] brevicercus Karsch, 1893)

References (10)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/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
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4(3), 1–114. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=29695
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 6. Locustodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 125–148. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/241/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Conocephalinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 135, 1–17 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123362#page/3/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1954) La Réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt. Nimba, III. Orthoptères Ensifères. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 40(2), 25–97.
  • Roy-Noel, J. (1954) Contribution à l'étude de l'appareil musical des orthoptères ensifères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 16, 65–83.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1967) Contribution à la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. LVI. Orthoptères, Tettigoniidae (première note). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 29(3), 1270–1277.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Zootaxa, 3613(4), 301–342.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

After short male cerci.

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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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Species1067