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Philoscirtus cordipennis Karsch, 1896

CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: female subgenital plate (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: specimen vial (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475558; 91736996-e969-4520-bb0c-fbc121df387d, DORSA BTphicorS03: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565151; f284e5b4-ebb8-430f-a8ea-337eddbddf79: subadult female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565152; d9a394e9-b0da-4ed3-b723-76943328e4bc: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565152; d9a394e9-b0da-4ed3-b723-76943328e4bc: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565152; d9a394e9-b0da-4ed3-b723-76943328e4bc: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565152; d9a394e9-b0da-4ed3-b723-76943328e4bc: male pronotum, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565152; d9a394e9-b0da-4ed3-b723-76943328e4bc: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565152; d9a394e9-b0da-4ed3-b723-76943328e4bc: male subgenital plate (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565152; d9a394e9-b0da-4ed3-b723-76943328e4bc: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565153; a9277118-9d62-4c68-832d-7037d87c575a: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565153; a9277118-9d62-4c68-832d-7037d87c575a: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565153; a9277118-9d62-4c68-832d-7037d87c575a: female pronotum, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565153; a9277118-9d62-4c68-832d-7037d87c575a: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565153; a9277118-9d62-4c68-832d-7037d87c575a: ovipositor (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1565153; a9277118-9d62-4c68-832d-7037d87c575a: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 448; ab9d1759-ba59-45b6-acb1-51321cd8ef46; Tanzania 2018/01/27: female, with spermatophore. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 448; ab9d1759-ba59-45b6-acb1-51321cd8ef46; Tanzania 2018/01/27: female, lateral view with spermatophore. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 489; 0a5567bd-ba93-48d5-a9ed-b3ed25aa337e; Tanzania Nilo Forest Reserve E Usambara, 2015/12/??: female. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 490; 7a2e6032-633b-4c9c-bdbb-0c4d1a8f0f72; Tanzania Nilo Forest Reserve E Usambara, 2015/12/??: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 490; 7a2e6032-633b-4c9c-bdbb-0c4d1a8f0f72; Tanzania Nilo Forest Reserve E Usambara, 2015/12/??: male. (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 491; 12e28320-d847-4fa6-9732-62ea7fb06c10; Tanzania Nilo, 2015/12/??: nymph, last instar. (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Philoscirtus cordipennis Karsch, 1896: 346.

    Syntype; female; DORSA BTphicorS03; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Tanga. Syntype; female; f284e5b4-ebb8-430f-a8ea-337eddbddf79; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Tanga. Syntype; male; d9a394e9-b0da-4ed3-b723-76943328e4bc; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Buloa near Tanga. Syntype; female; a9277118-9d62-4c68-832d-7037d87c575a; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Tanga: Tanga

  • Philoscirtus cordipennis Karsch, 1896 in Kirby, 1906: 361.
  • Philoscirtus cordipennis Karsch, 1896 in Hemp, 2013: 334.
  • Philoscirtus cordipennis Karsch, 1896 in Hemp, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Hemp, 2015: 274.

References (7)

  • 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
  • La Baume, W. (1911) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der aethiopischen Orthopteren. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 72, 308–326. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36024#page/318/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Mecopodinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 171, 1–32, pls 1–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105422#page/57/mode/1up
  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa. Zootaxa, 3737(4), 301–350.
  • Hemp, C., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Hemp, A. (2015) A new species of Philoscirtus (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae: Mecopodinae) from the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania and its conservation status. Zootaxa, 3905(2), 273–282.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001
Subspecies2013