Plegmapteroides minutus : Dirsh 1959
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Description
Plegmapteroides minutus Dirsh, 1959
(Figs.3L, 4M, 6B, 17)
Plegmapteroides minutus: Dirsh, 1959:25; Dirsh, 1965: 277; Johnston, 1968:203.
Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa, Cape Province, Northern Cape Province, Soebatsfontein. No type examined.
Material. SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 1 mi S Garies (S30.5917, E17.9934) 03.ix.1961 coll. H.D. Brown, W. Furst— 4♀, 1♂ (SANC); 1 mi S Nuwerus (S30.3397, E17.8409) 14.ix.1967 coll. H.D. Brown— 2♂ (SANC); 10 mi N Kalkfontein, Richtersveld (S28.8608, E17.2313) 30.xi.1962 coll. H.D. Brown and W. Furst— 1♀, 1♂ (SANC); 10 mi SW Gamoep S29.9984, E18.2929, 17.ix.1967 coll. H.D. Brown— 6♂, 5♀ (SANC); 12 mi N Soebatsfontein (S29.9525, E17.5990) 08.ix.1961 coll. H.D. Brown, W. Furst— 5♀, 4♂ (SANC); 12 mi S of Vioolsdrif (S29.0701, E17.5794) 10.viii.1961 coll. H.D. Brown, W. Furst— 18 ♀ (Transvaal Museum); 16 ♂; 14 km W Bitterfontein (S31.0419, E18.1208) 04.ix.1967 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♀ (SANC); 18 mi S Springbok (S29.9306, E17.8866) 04.ix.1961 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♀, 1♂ (SANC); 3 mi S Kamieskroon (S30.240366, E17.913286) 04.ix.1961 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♀, 1♂ (SANC); 8 km N Niewoudtville (S31.297238, E19.114006) 28.ix.1972 — 1♂ (SANC); 8 km S Nababeep (S29.6668, E17.7843) 07.x.1972 coll. H.D. Brown, E. Koster and A. Prinsloo— 1♂ (SANC); 8 mi NW Vredendal (S31.5651, E18.4287) 30.ix.1967 coll. H.D. Brown— 2♀, 3♂ (SANC); 9 mi N Okiep (S29.4608, E17.8709) 07.x.1972 coll. H.D. Brown, E. Koster and A. Prinsloo— 3♀, 1♂ (SANC); 9 mi W Steinkopf (S29.2634, E17.5798) 17.xi.1962 coll. H.D. Brown and W. Furst— 6♂, 2♀ (SANC); Aninas Pass, Port Nolloth (S29.2379, E16.9068) 21.viii.1993 — 1♂, 1♀ (SANC); Buffels River, 22 mi SW Springbok (S29.8989, E17.6453) 18.viii.1993 coll. R. Toms and S. Green— 8♂, 7♀ (SANC); Coboop, 22 mi N Pofadder (S28.8082, E19.3349) 08.iii.1969 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♀ (SANC); Namaqua NP, Skilpad (S30.1660, E17.7986) 26.xi.2009 coll. P. Naskrecki and C. Ba-zelet— 1♀ (USTB).
Distribution. This species was previously recorded from Namibia (Brown 1962) and South Africa (Dirsh 1959).
Remarks. This genus was erected by Dirsh (1959) based on its flat dorsum which is similar to that of Plegmapterus Martinez 1898, Plegmapteropsis Dirsh 1956, and Calliptamuloides Dirsh 1956. The shape of its head is more similar to that of Plegmapteropsis; however, it differs from Plegmapteropsis by its posterior margin of the last abdominal tergite, supra—anal plate, hind femur and male cercus. Its taxonomic state is satisfactory or stable.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- SANC , SANC, USTB
- Event date
- 1961-08-10 , 1961-09-03 , 1961-09-04 , 1961-09-08 , 1962-11-17 , 1962-11-30 , 1967-09-04 , 1967-09-14 , 1967-09-30 , 1969-03-08 , 1972-09-28 , 1972-10-07
- Family
- Baissogryllidae
- Genus
- Plegmapteroides
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- : Dirsh
- Species
- minutus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Verbatim event date
- 1961-08-10 , 1961-09-03 , 1961-09-04 , 1961-09-08/1967-09-17 , 1962-11-17/1993-08-21 , 1962-11-30 , 1967-09-04 , 1967-09-14 , 1967-09-30 , 1969-03-08/2009-11-26 , 1972-09-28 , 1972-10-07
- Taxonomic concept label
- Plegmapteroides minutus Dirsh, 1959 sec. Tshililo, 2020
References
- Dirsh, V. M. (1959) New Genera and species of Acridoidea from Tropical Africa (Orthoptera). Eos, Madrid, 35, 21 - 39.
- 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.
- Martinez y Fernandez-Castillo. (1898) Actas dela Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, Madrid, 27, 35.