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Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013

Coastal Balloon Bushcricket
Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013: female (Kisarawe, Tanzania). (Otu).
Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013: female (Kisarawe, Tanzania). (Otu).
Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013: male (Kisarawe, Tanzania). (Otu).
Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013: female (Kisarawe, Tanzania). (Otu).
Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013: male (Kisarawe, Tanzania). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1564643; f356ec6a-7957-41a0-b5f0-75806fda437a: 2013. male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564643; f356ec6a-7957-41a0-b5f0-75806fda437a: 2013. male, face (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564643; f356ec6a-7957-41a0-b5f0-75806fda437a: 2013. male, stridulatory apparatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564643; f356ec6a-7957-41a0-b5f0-75806fda437a: 2013. male subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564643; f356ec6a-7957-41a0-b5f0-75806fda437a: 2013. comparison A. kilimandjarica (left) and A. megaloptera (holotype, right). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013: 321.

    Holotype; male; f356ec6a-7957-41a0-b5f0-75806fda437a; deposited at: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (ZMUC); United Republic of Tanzania: Pwani: Pwani Region, Kisarawe District, Kazimzumbwi Forest Reserve

  • Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013 in Hemp, 2017: 157.
  • Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013 in Hemp, 2021: 135.
  • Aerotegmina megaloptera Hemp, 2013 in Grzywacz, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Kociński, Heller & Hemp, 2021

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Grzywacz, B., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Kociński, M., Heller, K.-G. & Hemp, C. (2021) Diversifcation of the balloon bushcrickets (Orthoptera, Hexacentrinae, Aerotegmina) in the East African mountains. Scientific Reports, 11(9878). Available at http://https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-89364-4
  • Hemp, C. (2013) Annotated list of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera) from the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania and new Tettigoniidae species from East Africa. Zootaxa, 3737(4), 301–350.
  • Hemp, C. (2017) Annotated checklist of Orthoptera from Kazimzumbwi forest reserve, the description of new species from Tanzania, East Africa and biogeographic patterns of threatened species. Zootaxa, 4226(2), 151–193.
  • Hemp, C. (2021) In A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg. 451 pp.

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