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Poecilimon varicornis (Haan, 1843)

CollectionObject 1500674; 08fa0914-e8a6-4d5f-a387-390591a207b3: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500674; 08fa0914-e8a6-4d5f-a387-390591a207b3: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500674; 08fa0914-e8a6-4d5f-a387-390591a207b3: female ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500674; 08fa0914-e8a6-4d5f-a387-390591a207b3: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500674; 08fa0914-e8a6-4d5f-a387-390591a207b3: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500674; 08fa0914-e8a6-4d5f-a387-390591a207b3: ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583462; b6af8ea9-2df1-4170-b12f-151e843fdb91: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583462; b6af8ea9-2df1-4170-b12f-151e843fdb91: male, head and pronotum, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583462; b6af8ea9-2df1-4170-b12f-151e843fdb91: male, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583462; b6af8ea9-2df1-4170-b12f-151e843fdb91: male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583462; b6af8ea9-2df1-4170-b12f-151e843fdb91: male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583462; b6af8ea9-2df1-4170-b12f-151e843fdb91: male abdomen tip, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583462; b6af8ea9-2df1-4170-b12f-151e843fdb91: male ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1583462; b6af8ea9-2df1-4170-b12f-151e843fdb91: label. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Locusta (Ephippigera [sic]) varicornis Haan, 1843: 185.

    Holotype; female; 08fa0914-e8a6-4d5f-a387-390591a207b3; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN);

  • Barbitistes varicornis (Haan, 1843) in Kirby, 1906: 381.
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  • Poecilimon varicornis (Haan, 1843) in Sevgili, Sirin, Heller & Lemonnier-Darcemont, 2018: 33.
  • Poecilimon (Poecilimon) varicornis (Haan, 1843) in Uluar, Chobanov & Çıplak, 2025: 106.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • de Haan, W. (1843) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Orthoptera. In Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen: Vol. 19/20. In commissie bij S. en J. Luchtmans, en C.C. van der Hoek, Leiden. 165–228 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/200624#page/647/mode/1up
  • Fontana, P. & Buzzetti, F.M. (2004) Biogeographical considerations on some Mediterranean Phaneropteridae and description of a new genus and a new species from South Africa (Orthoptera). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 82(2), 441–468.
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  • 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
  • Ramme, W. (1933) Revision der Phaneropterinen-Gattung Poecilimon Fisch. (Orth. Tettigon.). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 19, 497–575.
  • Sevgili, H., Sirin, D., Heller, K.-G. & Lemonnier-Darcemont, M. (2018) Review of the Poecilimon (Poecilimon) zonatus species group and description of new species from Turkey with data on bioacoustics and morphology (Orthoptera: Phaneropterinae). Zootaxa, 4417(1).
  • Uluar, O., Chobanov, D.P. & Çıplak, B. (2025) Merging taxonomy to systematics: A holistic approach to understanding the Poecilimon zonatus group (Orthoptera, Phaneropterinae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny, 83, 93–125. https://doi.org/10.3897/asp.83.e136516

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Alluding to varied coloration of antennae: "antennis nigris, luteo-variegatis".

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