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Acilacris (Aroegas) nigroornatus (Péringuey, 1916)

Black-spotted False Shieldback
CollectionObject 1504896; c457ce59-a676-4bb6-94dc-9cf4919cdd65: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504896; c457ce59-a676-4bb6-94dc-9cf4919cdd65: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504896; c457ce59-a676-4bb6-94dc-9cf4919cdd65: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504896; c457ce59-a676-4bb6-94dc-9cf4919cdd65: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504896; c457ce59-a676-4bb6-94dc-9cf4919cdd65: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Aroegas nigroornatus Péringuey, 1916: 446.

    Holotype; male; c457ce59-a676-4bb6-94dc-9cf4919cdd65; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); South Africa: Mpumalanga: Barberton

  • Aroegas nigroornatus Péringuey, 1916 in Uvarov, 1928: 346.
  • Aroegas nigroornatus Péringuey, 1916 in Naskrecki, 1996: 173.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Louis Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • Naskrecki, P. (1996) Systematics of the southern African Meconematinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Journal of African Zoology, 110(3), 159–193.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1928) Notes on the types of Othoptera described by Dr. L. Peringuey. Annals of the South African Museum, 25(2), 341–357. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126046#page/421/mode/1up

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