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Arostratum oblitum Massa, 2015

CollectionObject 1568262; ca886a3b-4a9e-47b0-b3d2-91285f4e26ee: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568262; ca886a3b-4a9e-47b0-b3d2-91285f4e26ee: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568262; ca886a3b-4a9e-47b0-b3d2-91285f4e26ee: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568262; ca886a3b-4a9e-47b0-b3d2-91285f4e26ee: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568262; ca886a3b-4a9e-47b0-b3d2-91285f4e26ee: male abdomen tip, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568262; ca886a3b-4a9e-47b0-b3d2-91285f4e26ee: male abdomen tip, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568262; ca886a3b-4a9e-47b0-b3d2-91285f4e26ee: stridulatory file (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Arostratum oblitum Massa, 2015: 99.

    Holotype; male; ca886a3b-4a9e-47b0-b3d2-91285f4e26ee; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Rukwa: Lake Tanganyika

Nomenclature references (1)

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: oblitum = forgotten. The specimen was collected in 1910 and was forgotten for 73 years, when in 1983 D. Ragge studied it and established that it was belonging to an unidentified genus. Finally, 104 years after its collection it is described.

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