Published December 1, 2008 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Hyalorrhipis calcarata

Description

35. Hyalorrhipis calcarata (Vosseler, 1902)

Diagnosis: This species can be identified by its antennae flattened at base, lower anterior angle of lateral lobe of pronotum attenuated and projecting; inner spurs of hind tibia strong, longer than external one and as long as second segment of tarsus; tegmina with brown ferruginous spots, wings transparent.

Habitats: It lives in amongst grass, usually dry, though one was caught on long grass in water and on old cultivation and vegetation.

Material examined: Al-Shati region: Brack, 1♂, 1♀, on grass & vegetable, 5.ix.1994. Sebha region: Sebha, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, on vegetable, 15.viii.1995.

Localities: Cyrenaica: Bengasi; Tripolitania: Ain Zara, mizda; Fezzan: Brack.

Distribution: Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Rio de Oro, Mauretania.

Remarks: This species was recorded from Cyrenaica by Salfi (1929) and from Tripolitania by Jannone (1938) and La Greca (1958). It is apparently a minor pest.

Notes

Published as part of Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2008, Studies on Acridoidea (Orthoptera) with some new records from Fezzan, Libya, pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 1946 on page 32

Files

Files (1.4 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:6ddc2be82892442d85fa623e89ec264a
1.4 kB Download

System files (7.6 kB)

Name Size Download all
md5:360a48591c528ca6e1e91c1456d0e208
7.6 kB Download

Linked records

Additional details

Biodiversity

Event date
1994-09-05 , 1995-08-15
Family
Baissogryllidae
Genus
Hyalorrhipis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Vosseler
Species
calcarata
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1994-09-05 , 1995-08-15
Taxonomic concept label
Hyalorrhipis calcarata (Vosseler, 1902) sec. Usmani, 2008

References

  • Salfi, M. (1929) Contribuzioni alla conoscenza degli ortotten libici. 5. Sualcune specie poco note di Acrididae di Tripolitania e su Rhacocleis dernensis Salfi. Memoriedella Societa Entomologica Italiana, 6 (1927), 150 - 164.
  • Jannone, G. (1938) Primo Contributo alla conoscenza deli Ortotterofauna della Libia. Bolletino Laboratorie Z oologia Portici, 30 ,87 - 120.
  • La Greca, M. (1958) Risultati delle missioni entomologische dell'Istituto Entomologia dell'Universita di Bologna nel Nord-Africa compiute dai Dotton G. Fiori ed E. Mellini. Xiii. Blattoidea, Mantoidea. Orthoptera. Bollettino dell Istituto di Entomologia della Universita studidi Bologna, 22 (1957), 5 1 - 62.