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Tenerasphaga tenera (Hemp, 2007): male (Kenya, lower Ngong Hills). (Otu).
Tenerasphaga tenera (Hemp, 2007): male (Kenya, lower Ngong Hills). (Otu).
Tenerasphaga tenera (Hemp, 2007): male (Kenya, lower Ngong Hills). (Otu).
Tenerasphaga tenera (Hemp, 2007): male (Kenya, lower Ngong Hills). (Otu).
Tenerasphaga tenera (Hemp, 2007): female (Kenya, Kajado). (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Horatosphaga tenera Hemp, 2007: 199.

    Holotype; male; ee84a998-6ae4-401f-a2cb-1c621b2f1fb4; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Kenya: Rift Valley: foothills of Ngong Hills near Kiserian

  • Horatosphaga tenera Hemp, 2007 in Mungai, Lange, Muriuki, Ingrisch, Oyieke, Muchai & Lampe, 2013
  • Tenerasphaga tenera (Hemp, 2007) in Hemp, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz & Hemp, 2018: 269, 275.
  • Tenerasphaga tenera (Hemp, 2007) in Hemp, 2021: 218.

References (4)

  • Hemp, C. (2007) A new species of Horatosphaga Schaum 1853 (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae) from savanna grasslands of Kenya. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 16(2), 199–205. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282007%2916%5B199%3AANSOHS%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Mungai, M.N., Lange, C.N., Muriuki, J.M., Ingrisch, S., Oyieke, H., Muchai, M. & Lampe, K.-H. (2013) Type specimens of the insect orders Orthoptera, Blattodea and Dermaptera in the collection of the National Museums of Kenya. Bonn Zoological Bulletin, Supplementum(60), 93–97. Available at http://archive.org/details/biostor-228364
  • 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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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012