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Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871)

Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871): male, lateral view (Guinea, nr. Banko). (Otu).
Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871): male, lateral view (Guinea, nr. Banko). (Otu).
Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871): female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500375; 05692b36-8ea0-4c1d-9e93-1ad6c4eb7bd5: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500375; 05692b36-8ea0-4c1d-9e93-1ad6c4eb7bd5: female pronotum lateral (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500375; 05692b36-8ea0-4c1d-9e93-1ad6c4eb7bd5: female pronotum dorsal (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500375; 05692b36-8ea0-4c1d-9e93-1ad6c4eb7bd5: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500375; 05692b36-8ea0-4c1d-9e93-1ad6c4eb7bd5: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500375; 05692b36-8ea0-4c1d-9e93-1ad6c4eb7bd5: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; 05692b36-8ea0-4c1d-9e93-1ad6c4eb7bd5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone

Nomenclature (12)

  • Mecopoda frontalis Walker, 1871: 48-49.

    Holotype; female; 05692b36-8ea0-4c1d-9e93-1ad6c4eb7bd5; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone

  • Mecopoda frontalis Walker, 1871 in Kirby, 1891: 407.
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  • Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871) in Massa, Annoyer, Perez, Danflous & Duvot, 2020: 434.
  • Afromecopoda frontalis (Walker, 1871) in Massa, 2021: 70.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • 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
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  • 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.
  • 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. (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., Annoyer, P., Perez, C., Danflous, S. & Duvot, G. (2020) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Conocephalinae, Hexacentrinae, Phaneropterinae, Mecopodinae, Hetrodinae) from some protected areas of Central African Republic. Zootaxa, 4780(3), 401–447.
  • 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.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2008) The katydids of the Atewa Range Forest Reserve, Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 47, 63–68. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1896/054.047.0112
  • Naskrecki, P. (2009) A survey of katydids (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Ajenjua Bepo and Mamang River Forest Reserves, Eastern Region of Ghana. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment, 50, 34–39. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/book/10.1896/978-1-934151-26-6
  • Walker, F. (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum: Vol. Supplement. London, 1–116 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094#page/99/mode/1up
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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