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Phlugidia africana Kevan, 1993

Phlugidia africana Kevan, 1993: Fig. 4 (from Kevan & Jin 1993). male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Phlugidia africana Kevan, 1993: Fig. 4 (from Kevan & Jin 1993). male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Phlugidia africana Kevan, 1993: Fig. 6 (from Kevan & Jin 1993). male subgenital plate, ventral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1517476; 0d68c474-f6a6-49c2-8376-b43b7496c464: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517476; 0d68c474-f6a6-49c2-8376-b43b7496c464: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517476; 0d68c474-f6a6-49c2-8376-b43b7496c464: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517476; 0d68c474-f6a6-49c2-8376-b43b7496c464: male face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517476; 0d68c474-f6a6-49c2-8376-b43b7496c464: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517476; 0d68c474-f6a6-49c2-8376-b43b7496c464: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Phlugidia africana Kevan, 1993 in Kevan & Jin, 1993: 1602.

    Holotype; male; 0d68c474-f6a6-49c2-8376-b43b7496c464; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Diani Beach

  • Phlugidia africana Kevan, 1993 in Hemp, 2002
  • Phlugidia africana Kevan, 1993 in Hemp, 2013
  • Phlugidia africana Kevan, 1993 in Hemp, 2021: 156.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Hemp, C. (2002) Phlugidia usambarica (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae, Phlugidini), a new species from the East Usambara Mts, Tanzania. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 11(1), 63–66.
  • Hemp, C. (2013) New Phlugidia species (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae, Phlugidini) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania, Africa. Zootaxa, 3670(3), 378–384.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Jin, X. (1993) Remarks on the tribe Phlugidini Eichler and recognition of new taxa from the Indo-Malayan region and East Africa (Grylloptera: Tettigonioidea: Meconematidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 7(6), 1589–1610.

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