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Plastocorypha nigrifrons (Redtenbacher, 1891)

Plastocorypha nigrifrons (Redtenbacher, 1891): Fig. 36. head, lateral view. (Otu).
Plastocorypha nigrifrons (Redtenbacher, 1891): Fig. 36. head, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: female head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534501; MZPW Dohrn collection, 9ba91bef-717d-4d6f-b2f6-3df4e1742f2e: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Pseudorhynchus nigrifrons Redtenbacher, 1891: 368.

    Holotype; female; MZPW Dohrn collection; deposited at: Polish Academy of Science, Museum of the Institute of Zoology (MZPW); Cameroon

  • Plastocorypha nigrifrons (Redtenbacher, 1891) in Karsch, 1896: 354.
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  • Plastocorypha nigrifrons (Redtenbacher, 1891) in Massa, 2021: 43.
  • Plastocorypha nigrifrons (Redtenbacher, 1891) in Massa, 2025: 17.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • 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.
  • Griffini, A. (1899) Tentamen catalogi Conocephalidum pone editionem Monographiae Redtenbacheri (1891) usque ad finem anni 1897 descriptorum, vel in illa monografia deficentium, vel nova patria, novis synonymis, nova descriptione auctorum. Miscellanea Entomologica. Revue Entomologique Internationale, 7, 4–10, 35–37, 84–87. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49381#page/10/mode/1up
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  • Griffini, A. (1909) Note sopra alcune Phasgonouridae del Congo. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 53, 9–28. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46155
  • 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
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera. Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Copiphorinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 139, 50 pp., 6 pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138357#page/7/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/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
  • Massa, B. (2021) Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and São Tomé during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 57(1), 29–76.
  • Massa, B. (2025) Diversity of Leaf Katydids of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, Central Tropical Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Insects, 16(3: 241), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030241
  • Naskrecki, P. (2004) A rapid survey of katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of the Forêt Classée du Pic de Fon, Guinea. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 35, 47–52.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2006) Evaluation rapide des sauterelles (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) sur des sites particuliers de la Guinée Forestière en Guinée (Afrique de l’Ouest). RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 40, 46–52.
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1891) Monographie der Conocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 315–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/459/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1912) Zur Orthopterenfauna des Kamerungebirges. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7(37), 1–30, pl. 1–3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30233#page/857/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to black frons.

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