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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Horatosphaga Schaum, 1853

Type

type species by original monotypy of Horatosphaga Schaum, 1853

Nomenclature (50)

  • Horatosphaga Schaum, 1853: 778.

    type species by original monotypy Horatosphaga serrifera Schaum, 1853

  • Horatosphaga Schaum, 1853 in Schaum, 1862: 124.
  • Horatosphaga Schaum, 1853 (classified as Acrometopini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Felix & Massa, 2016: 23.
  • Horatosphaga Schaum, 1853 (classified as Zeuneriini Karsch, 1890) in Fianco & Melo, 2026

References (20)

  • Bolívar, I. (1922) Orthoptères. Première Partie. In Voyage de M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en Éthiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905) : résultats scientifiques : animaux articulés. Paris. 167–219 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/156285#page/195/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1878) Monographie der Phaneropteriden. K. K. Zoologisch-Botanische Gesellschaft in Wien, Wien, 1–401, pl. 1–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37136#page/7/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1891) Additamenta zur Monographie der Phaneropteriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 1–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/141/mode/1up
  • Felix, R.P.W.H. & Massa, B. (2016) The Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia. Zootaxa, 4189(1), 1–59.
  • Fianco, M. & Melo, G.A.R. (2026) Evolution of the false‐leaf katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae): Molecular phylogeny and divergence times. Systematic Entomology, 51(3). https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.70064
  • Hemp, C. (2006) Two new species of Horatosphaga Schaum 1853 from the highlands of East Africa (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(2), 251–259. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B251%3ATNSOHS%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1889) Orthopterologische Beiträge III. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 32, 415–464. [1888] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34458#page/475/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1909) Ruwenzori Expedition Reports 8. Orthoptera. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 19, 63–66.
  • Massa, B. (2015) Taxonomy and distribution of some katydids (Orthoptera Tettigoniidae) from tropical Africa. ZooKeys, 524, 17–44. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5990
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Ragge, D.R. (1960) The Acrometopae of the Ethiopian Region: a revision, with notes on the sexual dimorphism shown by the group (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 8(7), 269–333. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2245318#page/333/mode/1up
  • Ragge, D.R. (1968) An index-catalogue of African Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 22(3), 75–108. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis22entolond
  • Schaum, H.R. (1853) Ueber die von Peters mitgebrachten Orthoptera aus Mossambique. Uebersicht der von ihm in Mossambique beobachteten Orthopteren nebst Beschreibung der neu entdeckten Gattungen und Arten durch Herrn Dr. Hermann Schaum. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der königlich Preussischen Akademie Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 2, 775–780. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109942#page/803/mode/1up
  • Schaum, H.R. (1862) Orthoptera. Geradflügler. In Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Georg Reimer, Berlin. pp. 107–144. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103636#page/137/mode/1up
  • Schulthess, A.von (1898) Orthoptères du Pays des Somalis, recueillis par L. Robecchi-Brichetti en 1891 et par le Prince E. Ruspoli en 1892-93. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 39, 161–216. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33431#page/169/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1912) Über einige von E. Lönnberg in Britisch Ostafrika eingesammelte Orthopteren. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7(38), 1–28. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30233#page/893/mode/1up
  • Strand, E. (1921) Kritische Bemerkungen und Berichtigungen zum Supplementband I des Hampson'schen "Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae". Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 34, 217–226. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/45759
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty-four new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 112–117.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Greek ορατός = visible, and σφαγά (σφᾰγή) = slaughter or jugular (spot where the victim is struck), alluding to the protruding head and visible neck.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus101011
Species2803563