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Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) sparsa Stål, 1857

Arabian Sickle Bush-cricke; Sickle-bearing Leaf Katydid

Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) sparsa Stål, 1857: 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, plantation, 1430 m). (Otu).
Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) sparsa Stål, 1857: 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, plantation, 1430 m). (Otu).
Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) sparsa Stål, 1857: 2011. male (Kilimanjaro, forest edge on southern slopes, 1710 m). (Otu).
Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) sparsa Stål, 1857: 2011. nymph (Kilimanjaro, Kidia, garden). (Otu).
Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) sparsa Stål, 1857: male from La Palma (Canary Islands). (Otu).
Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) sparsa Stål, 1857: female (Canary Islands). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500710; 7ed5fa60-ab63-4988-8b69-5d0b7129a9be: male, dorsal view (holotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500710; 7ed5fa60-ab63-4988-8b69-5d0b7129a9be: male, frontal view (holotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500710; 7ed5fa60-ab63-4988-8b69-5d0b7129a9be: male, lateral view (holotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500710; 7ed5fa60-ab63-4988-8b69-5d0b7129a9be: male, ventral view (holotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500710; 7ed5fa60-ab63-4988-8b69-5d0b7129a9be: labels (holotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500711; 98e1a45c-4fb0-4f06-a3ce-e610c76523d0: male, lateral view (holotype of Phaneroptera tetrasticta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500711; 98e1a45c-4fb0-4f06-a3ce-e610c76523d0: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype of Phaneroptera tetrasticta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500711; 98e1a45c-4fb0-4f06-a3ce-e610c76523d0: male cerci (holotype of Phaneroptera tetrasticta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500711; 98e1a45c-4fb0-4f06-a3ce-e610c76523d0: labels (holotype of Phaneroptera tetrasticta). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502352; 8fd017a7-7db5-4b05-a84b-b360e829e5e8: female, dorsal view (allotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502352; 8fd017a7-7db5-4b05-a84b-b360e829e5e8: female, ventral view (allotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502352; 8fd017a7-7db5-4b05-a84b-b360e829e5e8: female, frontal view (allotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502352; 8fd017a7-7db5-4b05-a84b-b360e829e5e8: female, lateral view (allotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502352; 8fd017a7-7db5-4b05-a84b-b360e829e5e8: labels (allotype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502353; 990fb034-c74f-4c03-acc4-fc7d58af6e32: female, dorsal view (paratype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502353; 990fb034-c74f-4c03-acc4-fc7d58af6e32: labels (paratype of Phaneroptera tenuicerca). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529809; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529809; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529809; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529809; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529809; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529809; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529809; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529810; ddc9d82a-9c86-455d-a2ab-9ccfa29c7446: female, lateral view (syntype of Phaneroptera conspersa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529810; ddc9d82a-9c86-455d-a2ab-9ccfa29c7446: female head and pronotum, lateral view (syntype of Phaneroptera conspersa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529810; ddc9d82a-9c86-455d-a2ab-9ccfa29c7446: female ovipositor (syntype of Phaneroptera conspersa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529810; ddc9d82a-9c86-455d-a2ab-9ccfa29c7446: female, dorsal view (syntype of Phaneroptera conspersa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529810; ddc9d82a-9c86-455d-a2ab-9ccfa29c7446: female, dorsal view (syntype of Phaneroptera conspersa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529810; ddc9d82a-9c86-455d-a2ab-9ccfa29c7446: female, frontal view (syntype of Phaneroptera conspersa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529810; ddc9d82a-9c86-455d-a2ab-9ccfa29c7446: female subgenital plate (syntype of Phaneroptera conspersa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1529810; ddc9d82a-9c86-455d-a2ab-9ccfa29c7446: labels (syntype of Phaneroptera conspersa). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538158; 58f28fa2-49d2-486e-9bd8-2d223e2ec33e: male, dorsal view (holotype of Phaneroptera africana Steinmann, 1966). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538158; 58f28fa2-49d2-486e-9bd8-2d223e2ec33e: male, lateral view (holotype of Phaneroptera africana Steinmann, 1966). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538158; 58f28fa2-49d2-486e-9bd8-2d223e2ec33e: male, lateral view (holotype of Phaneroptera africana Steinmann, 1966). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538158; 58f28fa2-49d2-486e-9bd8-2d223e2ec33e: male, ventral view (holotype of Phaneroptera africana Steinmann, 1966). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538158; 58f28fa2-49d2-486e-9bd8-2d223e2ec33e: labels (holotype of Phaneroptera africana Steinmann, 1966). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa

Nomenclature (60)

  • Phaneroptera sparsa Stål, 1857: 170. (valid)

    Holotype; female; fb322c3e-fcd9-4045-a95d-9199a45d7279; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa

  • Phaneroptera lurida Walker, 1869: 339.

    Holotype; male; 75f2afac-5888-41b3-99f3-269e3c598ab3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

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  • Phaneroptera africana Steinmann, 1966 (subjective synonym of Phaneroptera sparsa Stål, 1857) in Massa, 2021: 124.
  • Phaneroptera sparsa Stål, 1857 in Massa, 2025: 18.

Nomenclature references (46)

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Descendants and synonyms

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Various habitats with bushes and trees from coast to montane zone.

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Phaneroptera (Phaneroptera) sparsa Stål, 1857

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