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Amblyphymus rubripes : Dirsh 1956

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Amblyphymus rubripes Dirsh, 1956

Amblyphymus rubripes: Dirsh, 1956b:121–272, figs. 28.6–9; Dirsh,1961:405; Dirsh, 1965:264; Johnston 1968:195.

Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa, Transvaal, Kruger National Park, Skukuzo. Type ♂ is in Lund University Entomological Museum (not examined).

Material. SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo: 1 mi E Tshipise (S22.5269, E30.6915) 16.ii.1963 coll. H.D. Brown— 6♂, 2♀ (SANC); Mpumalanga: 11 mi N Ofcolaco (S23.9447, E30.3711) 14.iv.1967 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♂, 1♀ (SANC); Gauteng: 13 mi ENE Warmbaths (S24.8048, E28.4837) 23.i.1967 coll. N.J. van Rensburg— 1♂, 1♀ (SANC); Limpopo: 15 mi S of Louis Trichardt (S23.2706, E29.9107) 26.iv.1962 coll. H.D. Brown— 13♂, 6♀ (SANC); 2 mi NE Bandolierkop (S23.2929, E29.8176) 13.ii.1962 coll. H.D Brown and W. Furst— 8♂ (SANC); Limpopo: 30 mi N Letabe, KNP (S23.5066, E31.4051) 16.i.1965 coll. A.L. Capener— 1♂ (SANC); 5 mi NE Duiwelskloof (S23.6421, E30.2011) 13.ii.1963 coll. H.D. Brown, W. Furst— 9♂, 8♀ (SANC); Limpopo: 6 mi SE Messina (S22.4048, E30.1122) 02.v.1963 coll. H.D. Brown— 2♂, 2♀ (SANC); 6 mi SE Mica (S24.2202, E30.9029) 2.iv.1963 coll. M.J.D. White— 1♂ (SANC); 8 mi NW Bedford (S32.5973, E25.9892) 15.iv.1967 coll. H.D. Brown— 10♂, 7♀ (SANC); Blyde River nr. Bedford (S32.5973, E25.9892) 12.iv.1967 coll. H. D Brown— 1♂ (SANC); 7 mi N Skukuza (S24.894421, E31.598388) 27.iv.1963 coll. H.D Brown— 7♂, 1♀ (SANC).

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Zimbabwe (Brown 1967) and South Africa (Dirsh 1956).

Notes

Published as part of Tshililo, Precious, 2020, Review of South African Euryphyminae, pp. 70-104 in Zootaxa 4820 (1) on page 80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4397315

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References

  • Dirsh, V. M. (1956 b) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In: Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. & Rudebeck, G. (Eds.), South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950 - 1951. Vol. 3. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm, pp. 121 - 272.
  • Dirsh, V. M. (1961) A Preliminary Revision of the Families and Subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology, 10 (9), 405. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 16264
  • Dirsh, V. M. (1965) The African genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, New York, xiv + 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H. B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: supplement. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 427 pp.