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Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015

CollectionObject 1568257; 19e0519e-85b7-4a5f-9328-46957afcf360: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568257; 19e0519e-85b7-4a5f-9328-46957afcf360: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568257; 19e0519e-85b7-4a5f-9328-46957afcf360: male abdomen tip, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568257; 19e0519e-85b7-4a5f-9328-46957afcf360: male abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568263; 696c479e-ea97-4f77-9398-c28b04bfd08f: male, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568263; 696c479e-ea97-4f77-9398-c28b04bfd08f: male abdomen tip, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568263; 696c479e-ea97-4f77-9398-c28b04bfd08f: male abdomen tip, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015: 87.

    Holotype; male; 19e0519e-85b7-4a5f-9328-46957afcf360; deposited at: Museo Regionale di Storia Naturale, Terrasini (MRST); Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanga: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Lubumbashi

  • Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015 in Massa, 2017: 402.
  • Melidia claudiae Massa, 2015 in Massa, 2022: 35.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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. (2017) New genera, species and records of Afrotropical Phaneropterinae (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae) preserved at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Bruxelles. Zootaxa, 4358(3), 401–429.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Dedicated to the German orthopterist Claudia Hemp, who is working with competence and great interest on the Orthoptera of tropical Africa, Phaneropteridae in particular.

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