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Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876

Brunner's Melidia
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: female head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529770; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530790; e9a576dc-c154-423c-8f0d-a013ed8fb341, SMNS STmelbruS01: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530790; e9a576dc-c154-423c-8f0d-a013ed8fb341, SMNS STmelbruS01: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530790; e9a576dc-c154-423c-8f0d-a013ed8fb341, SMNS STmelbruS01: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530790; e9a576dc-c154-423c-8f0d-a013ed8fb341, SMNS STmelbruS01: stridulatory area. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530790; e9a576dc-c154-423c-8f0d-a013ed8fb341, SMNS STmelbruS01: male cerci. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530790; e9a576dc-c154-423c-8f0d-a013ed8fb341, SMNS STmelbruS01: male subgenital plate. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530790; e9a576dc-c154-423c-8f0d-a013ed8fb341, SMNS STmelbruS01: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530791; 0462747f-5c59-4a29-ad58-1fbab560ed40, SMNS STmelbruS02: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530791; 0462747f-5c59-4a29-ad58-1fbab560ed40, SMNS STmelbruS02: male cerci. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530791; 0462747f-5c59-4a29-ad58-1fbab560ed40, SMNS STmelbruS02: label. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530791; 0462747f-5c59-4a29-ad58-1fbab560ed40, SMNS STmelbruS02: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876: 60.

    Holotype; female; a3c50db4-9abb-4847-85cd-ee7b84999bb8; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Namibia: Erongo: Damaraland

  • Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876 in Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878: 218.
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  • Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876 in Massa, 2022: 35.
  • Melidia brunneri Stål, 1876 in Massa, 2026: 8.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • 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
  • Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.
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  • Holstein, J. & Ingrisch, S. (2004) Catalogue of type specimens of Orthoptera (Insecta) deposited in the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Part 1: Ensifera. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie A (Biologie).
  • 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
  • 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
  • Krauss, H.A. (1901) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Orthopteren Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 51, 281–293. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49946
  • Massa, B. (2015) New genera, species and records of Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Phaneropteridae) from sub-Saharan Africa. ZooKeys, 472, 77–102. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=4521
  • Massa, B. (2021) Tettigoniidae (Insecta: Orthoptera) collected in tropical forests of Zambia, Cameroon, Gabon and São Tomé during the entomological expeditions of African Natural History Research Trust. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 57(1), 29–76.
  • Massa, B. (2022) New and less known Orthoptera from biodiversity hotspots of Mozambique and Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Acrididae). Fragmenta Entomologica, 54(1), 27–44. Available at http://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/725
  • Massa, B. (2026) New records of Orthoptera from Zambia (Tettigoniidae; Pamphagidae). Biogeographia – The Journal of Integrative Biogeography, 41(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.21426/b6.60868
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C.L. & Weaving, A. (2005) Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa, 444 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1876) Bidrag till södra Afrikas Orthopter-fauna. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 33(3), 29–76. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100513#page/177/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Probably named after the Swiss orthopterist Carl Brunner von Wattenwyl (1823–1914).

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