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Taxa hierarchy
subfamily
Hemiacridinae
Dirsh, 1956
tribe
Hieroglyphini
Bolívar, 1912
genus
Hieroglyphus
Krauss, 1877
species
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Uvarov, 1922
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Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (15):
Uvarov. 1922. Bull. Ent. Res. 13(2):231 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
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Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 237 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Descamps. 1956. Agron. trop. 11:603 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Davey, Descamps & Demange. 1959. Bull. IFAN (A) 21(1-2):60-112, 565-600 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Roy, R. 1961[1962]. Mem. Inst. franc. Afr. Noire 62:109 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 213 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Descamps. 1965. Bull. IFAN (A) 27:922-962, 1259-1314 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Forsyth. 1966. Agric. Ins. of Ghana 163 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:156 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Mason, J.B. 1973. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 28(7):524
>>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Launois. 1978. Manuel pratique d'identification des principaux Acridiens du Sahel 84 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research). 1982. The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual 137 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Mestre & Chiffaud. 2006. Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest 167 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Kumar, H. & M.K. Usmani. 2015. Tropical Zoology 28(2):52, 53 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 23 >>
Hieroglyphus
africanus
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa, Sudan, Atbara
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
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