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Leproscirtus granulosus (Karsch, 1886)

Leproscirtus granulosus (Karsch, 1886): female habitus. (Otu).
Leproscirtus granulosus (Karsch, 1886): female habitus. (Otu).
Leproscirtus granulosus (Karsch, 1886): Fig. 3, 3a. male habitus. (Otu).
Leproscirtus granulosus (Karsch, 1886): Fig. 4. female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1536708; f31ef905-e7d8-4748-ab24-58d37e873b24, CH4938: male. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (37)

  • Mecopoda (Euthypoda) granulosa Karsch, 1886: 316.

    Holotype; female; f4533a59-6565-4535-8dee-78c858394076; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Democratic Republic of Congo, between Kwako and Kimpoko

  • Mecopoda (Euthypoda) granulosa Karsch, 1886 in Karsch, 1888: 147.
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  • Leproscirtus granulosus (Karsch, 1886) in Massa, 2025: 60.
  • Leproscirtus granulosus (Karsch, 1886) in Simeu-Noutchom, Kekeunou, Oumarou-Ngoute & Zang Affa'a, 2025: 564.

Nomenclature references (25)

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  • 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
  • Chopard, L. (1945) Orthopteroides recueillis dans les montagnes du Cameroun par la Mission Lepesme, Paulian, Villers. Revue Française d'Entomologie, 11, 156–178, 27 figs.
  • Ebner, R. (1943) Einige Orthoptera Saltatoria von Fernando Poo (Spanisch-Guinea). 28. Beitrag zu den wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen der Westafrika-Expedition Eidmann 1939-40. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 143, 259–274.
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte II. Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmodea, Locustodea, Gryllodea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(563), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/125/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1906) Ortotteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea nell'Africa occidentale. 1. Hetrodidi, Conocephalidi, Meconemidi, Pseudophyllidi, Mecopodidi e Fanerotteridi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 3(2), 358–397. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137853#page/366/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1908) Phasgonuridae africane del R. Museo di Storia Naturale di Bruxelles. Hetrodidae, Mecopodidae, Pseudophyllidae. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 15, 35–64. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41740#page/49/mode/1up
  • Heller, K.-G., Hemp, C., Liu, C. & Volleth, M. (2014) Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa, 3785(3), 343–376.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2010) An annotated list of type specimens of Orthoptera (Insecta) described by Ferdinand Karsch and deposited in the collections of the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 117(1), 17–22. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148549#page/19/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1919) Revision der Gattung Leproscirtus (Orthoptera, Mocopodinae). Zoologischer Anzeiger, 50, 287–289. Available at http://archive.org/details/zoologischeranze501919caru
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1886) Eine neue westafrikanische Mecopode. Entomologische Nachrichten, 12, 316–318. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99534
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1888) Beiträge zu Bolivar's Monografia de los Pirgomorfinos. Entomologische Nachrichten, 14(21), 328–335, 340–346, 355–361. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42933
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1892) Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss im Kamerungebirge erbeuteten Orthopteren. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 37, 65–78. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101149
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1892) Übersicht der von Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Kamerun gesammelten Locustodeen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(2), 317–346. [1891] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • Kirby, W.F. (1891) Notes on the orthopterous family Mecopodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 405–412. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105347#page/505/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. (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
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1892) Monographische Uebersicht der Mecopodiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 42, 183–224. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48404#page/305/mode/1up
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  • Simeu-Noutchom, A., Kekeunou, S., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Zang Affa'a, G. (2025) Mpem and Djim National Park’s katydids (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae) in Cameroon: ecology, distribution and threats. Biodiversity Journal, 16(4), 557–570. https://doi.org/10.31396/biodiv.jour.2025.16.4.557.570
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1902) Locustodeen aus Kamerun und Kongo. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 27(3), 1–45, pls. I-IV. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48743#page/69/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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1929) Voyage au Congo de S. A. R. le Prince Leopold de Belgique 1925. In Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines. Vol. 17, pp. 1–252.
  • Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1972) Catalogue des Tettigoniidae conservés dans les collections entomologiques de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (1re Partie). Ephippigerinae, Pycnogastrinae, Bradyporinae, Hetrodinae, Acridoxeninae, Meconematinae, Mecopodinae et Phyllophorinae; 2 Liste du matériel typique. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 48, 1–18. Available at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/48-1972/entomo48-art1.pdf

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