Atractomorpha acutipennis subsp. gerstaeckeri Bolivar 1884
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Atractomorpha acutipennis gerstaeckeri Bolivar, 1884
http://lsid.speciesfile.org/urn:lsid: Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38820 Figure 30
Material examined. ETHIOPIA: SNNPR, Bench Maji, Sheko Forest (1570 m), 13.IV.2015, B. Massa (1Ƌ, BMPC); Bench Maji, Sheko Forest (1340 m), 16.IV.2015, B. Massa (2Ƌ, BMPC); Bench Maji, Bebeka Plantation (1370 m), 14.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix (7Ƌ, 5♀, RFPC), B. Massa (7Ƌ, 4♀, BMPC); Bench Maji, Dembi Forest (1260 m), 14.IV.2015, R.P.W.H. Felix (1♀, RFPC), B. Massa (1Ƌ, BMPC).
Distribution. This species is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara (Kevan & Chen 1969).
Habitat. At the Ethiopian collecting sites this species was associated with grasses and low herbs at lower elevations (Figure 2 c,d).
Remarks. According to Kevan & Chen (1969) our specimens belong to ssp. gerstaeckeri, based on its distribution. The total length of this ssp. should be much smaller, however, (Kevan & Chen 1969). On the other hand, the length mentioned in Mestre (1988) fits perfectly on the specimens in our collection.
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Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMPC , RFPC, BMPC , SNNPR, BMPC
- Event date
- 2015-04-13 , 2015-04-14 , 2015-04-16
- Verbatim event date
- 2015-04-13 , 2015-04-14 , 2015-04-16
- Scientific name authorship
- Bolivar
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Orthoptera
- Family
- Pyrgomorphidae
- Genus
- Atractomorpha
- Species
- gerstaeckeri
- Taxon rank
- subSpecies
- Taxonomic concept label
- Atractomorpha acutipennis subsp. gerstaeckeri Bolivar, 1884 sec. Felix & Massa, 2016
References
- Kevan, D. K. McE. & Chen, Y. K. (1969) A revised synopsis of the genus Atractomorpha Saussure, 1862 (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae), with an account of the African aberrans-group. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 48, 141 - 198. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1969. tb 00710. x
- Mestre, J. (1988) Les acridiens des formations herbeuses d'Afrique de l'Ouest. Ministere de la Cooperation, Paris and Cirad / Gerdat-Prifas, Montpellier, 330 pp.