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Tenerasphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910)

Tenerasphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910): 2011. female (Kilimanjaro, western slopes, savanna grassland). (Otu).
Tenerasphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910): 2011. female (Kilimanjaro, western slopes, savanna grassland). (Otu).
Tenerasphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910): 2011. female (Kilimanjaro, western slopes, savanna grassland). (Otu).
Tenerasphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910): 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, western slopes, savanna grassland). (Otu).
Tenerasphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910): 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, western slopes, savanna grassland). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1502654; f660cccb-8781-4603-ad08-87db2e26b7a8: female, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502654; f660cccb-8781-4603-ad08-87db2e26b7a8: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502654; f660cccb-8781-4603-ad08-87db2e26b7a8: female, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502654; f660cccb-8781-4603-ad08-87db2e26b7a8: ovipositor (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502654; f660cccb-8781-4603-ad08-87db2e26b7a8: female subgenital plate (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502654; f660cccb-8781-4603-ad08-87db2e26b7a8: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: male pronotum, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: male, frontal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: male subgenital plate (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: male subgenital plate (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: male cerci (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529792; 7bad1311-88a8-4859-9d12-96b506800284: labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Plegmatoptera meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910: 130.
  • Horatosphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Ragge, 1960: 310.
  • Tenerasphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Hemp, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz & Hemp, 2018: 275.
  • Tenerasphaga meruensis (Sjöstedt, 1910) in Hemp, 2021: 214.

References (8)

  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 6. Locustodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 125–148. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/241/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • 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
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Zootaxa, 3613(4), 301–342.
  • Hemp, C., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B. & Hemp, A. (2018) New genera and new species of Acrometopini (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea Phaneropterinae) from East Africa and a review of all known stridulatory organs, songs and karyotypes of the tribe. Insect Systematics and Evolution, 49(3), 241–298.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg, 451 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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