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species Plegmapterus saturatus (Walker, 1870)

• Common name(s):  Yellow-legged Agile Grasshopper
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• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (6):
  • Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 4:692   >> Caloptenus saturatus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:48936
  • Uvarov. 1922. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 48:172   >> Note: synonym >> Plegmapterus irisus
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 434 >> Note: synonym >> Plegmapterus irisus
  • Dirsh. 1956. In Hanstrom, Brinck & Rudebeck. South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951 3:121-272 >> Plegmapterus saturatus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:48935
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 278 >> Plegmapterus saturatus
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:203 >> Plegmapterus saturatus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

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