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Acanthoscirtes kevani (Chopard, 1954)

Acanthoscirtes kevani (Chopard, 1954): female, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
Acanthoscirtes kevani (Chopard, 1954): female, lateral view (paratype). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1516729; c9033a8c-b676-44ce-b495-159dc04b4663: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516729; c9033a8c-b676-44ce-b495-159dc04b4663: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516729; c9033a8c-b676-44ce-b495-159dc04b4663: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Phlesirtes kevani Chopard, 1954 in Chopard & Kevan, 1954: 338.

    Holotype; male; c9033a8c-b676-44ce-b495-159dc04b4663; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Kenya: North-Eastern: Mandera District, Damassa

  • Phlesirtes kevani Chopard, 1954 in Hemp, Heller, Kehl, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Wägele & Hemp, 2010: 562.
  • Acanthoscirtes kevani (Chopard, 1954) in Hemp, Kehl, Heller, Wägele & Hemp, 2012: 403.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Chopard, L. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1954) Orthoptera-Ensifera from Kenya and Jubaland. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 105, 315–353.
  • Hemp, C., Heller, K.-G., Kehl, S., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Wägele, J.W. & Hemp, A. (2010) The Phlesirtes complex (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini) reviewed: integrating morphological, molecular, chromosomal and bioacoustic data. Systematic Entomology, 35, 554–580.
  • Hemp, C., Kehl, S., Heller, K.-G., Wägele, J.W. & Hemp, A. (2012) Ecological adaptations of grassland-inhabiting flightless Orthoptera: Fulvoscirtes and Acanthoscirtes, two new genera of African Karniellina (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini). Systematic Entomology, 37, 387–407.

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