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Metaxymecus gracilipes Brancsik 1895

Description

Metaxymecus gracilipes (Brancsik, 1895)

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Material examined. ETHIOPIA: SNNPR, Bench Maji, Sheko Forest (1570 m), 13.IV.2015, B. Massa (1Ƌ, BMPC).

Distribution. Widespread in Africa south of the Sahara.

Remarks. Previously listed for Ethiopia by Schmidt and Johnsen (1999).

Notes

Published as part of Felix, Rob P. W. H. & Massa, Bruno, 2016, Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia, pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 4189 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/165634

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SNNPR, BMPC
Event date
2015-04-13
Verbatim event date
2015-04-13
Scientific name authorship
Brancsik
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Orthoptera
Family
Baissogryllidae
Genus
Metaxymecus
Species
gracilipes
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Metaxymecus gracilipes Brancsik, 1895 sec. Felix & Massa, 2016

References

  • Schmidt, G. H. & Johnsen, P. (1999) Short-horned grasshoppers from Ethiopia and Eritrea (East Africa) (Orthopteroidea, Caelifera). Fragmenta Entomologica, 31 (1), 15 - 36.