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species Afrophlaeoba usambarica (Ramme, 1929)

• Common name(s):  Usambara Forest Edge Grasshopper
• Images: (8) See all images

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• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
  •  
   East Usambara Mountains and coastal zone of Tanzania
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Ramme. 1929. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 15:260 >> Odontomelus usambaricus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:52012
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 648 >> Odontomelus usambaricus
  • Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):223-356 >> Odontomelus usambaricus
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 410 >> Odontomelus usambaricus
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:295 >> Odontomelus usambaricus
  • Jago. 1983. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 109(1):94, 102 >> Note: neotype >> Afrophlaeoba usambarica    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:52011
  • Hochkirch. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of the East African grasshopper genus Afrophlaeoba Jago, 1983 (Orthoptera:Acridoidea: Acridinae) 1-193 >> Afrophlaeoba usambarica
  • Hochkirch. 2010. Relict species - phylogeography and conservation biology 145-158 >> Afrophlaeoba usambarica
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, East Usambara Mountains, Amani
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  MfN

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