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Taxa hierarchy
subfamily
Cladonotinae
Bolívar, 1887
tribe
Epitettigini
Storozhenko, 2023
genus
Epitettix
Hancock, 1907
species
Epitettix
spheniscus
Günther, 1974
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:71995
Nomenclatural details: Incertae sedis
Common name(s): Broadfront Pygmy Grasshopper
Links:
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Günther, K. 1974. Bulletin Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (Zool. 3e ser) 236 (Zool. 160):987
>> Note: E. (?) spheniscus >>
Epitettix
spheniscus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:71995
Tumbrinck, Josef. 2014. Biodiversity, Biogeography and Nature Conservation in Wallacea and New Guinea 2:360 >> Note: E. ? spheniscus >>
Epitettix
spheniscus
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Namoraka
Kind of type: syntypes
Specimen category: multiple males
Location of type: MNHN Paris
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