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Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865

Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865: male (Cameroon, Bitje, Ja River). (Otu).
Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865: male (Cameroon, Bitje, Ja River). (Otu).
Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865: female (Cameroon, Bitje, Ja River). (Otu).
Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865: female head, frontal view. (Otu).
Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865: Fig. 724 A. female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1517478; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517478; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517478; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517478; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517478; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef: female mid leg (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517478; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef: female front leg (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517478; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517478; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (30)

  • Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865: 311.

    Holotype; female; 18f1e865-ef63-4592-8e0f-982a166072ef; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Stalia foliata Scudder, 1875: 457.

    Holotype; female; 087e8c45-84ad-4908-8774-cf6410d18a0a; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Nigeria: Cross River: Old Calabar (Duke Town)

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  • Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865 in Gorochov, 1995: 151.
  • Acridoxena hewaniana Smith, 1865 in Massa, Annoyer, Perez, Danflous & Duvot, 2020: 439.

Nomenclature references (26)

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  • Beier, M. (1955) Ordnung: Saltatoptera m. (Saltatoria Latreille, 1817). Dr. H. G. Bronns Klassen und Ordnungen des Tierreichs, 5(3(6), 34–304.
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  • Berlese, A. (1922) Gli Insetti: loro organizzazione, sviluppo, abitudini e rapporti coll'uomo. Vol. 2. Vita e Costumi con particolare riguardo agli insetti praticamente interessanti, 992 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1605754
  • Bruner, L. (1920) Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 92–142. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118
  • 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
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • 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
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1886) Orthopterologische Beiträge I. Die Mekopodiden des Berliner zoologischen Museums. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 30, 107–118 pl. 4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100061
  • 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., 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.
  • 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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1875) A Century of Ortoptera. Decade II. Locustinae. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 17, 454–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130650#page/466/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1878) A Century of Orthoptera, Decades VIII, IX and X. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 20, 63–95. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/130654#page/81/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) List of exotic Orthoptera described by S. H. Scudder, 1868-1879, with a revision of their nomenclature. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 27(12), 201–218. [1896] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/257772#page/321/mode/1up
  • 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
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  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1924) Eine neue Mecopodide aus Kongo (Orth.). Arkiv för Zoologi, 26B(3).
  • 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.
  • Smith, L.M. (1865) Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, 3, 311. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=CoFCO5bZ-rMC
  • 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
  • Vignon, P. (1923) Que faut-il penser du mimetisme? Revue scientifique, 61, 515–520.
  • Weidner, H. (1965) Neue und bemerkenswerte Tettigoniidae aus der Sammlung des Zoologischen Museum Hamburg (Ensifera). Entomologische Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum Hamburg, 3(53), 85–92.
  • Zeuner, F.E. (1936) The prothoracic tracheal apparatus of Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 11(1-2), 11–22.

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Etymology:

Named after Archibald Hewan, the surgeon to the U. P. Mission at Old Calabar, who provided the specimen.

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