Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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family
Acrididae
MacLeay, 1821
subfamily
Euryphyminae
Dirsh, 1956
genus
Plegmapterus
Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, 1898
species
Plegmapterus
splendens
Dirsh, 1956
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:48931
Common name(s): Pink Agile Grasshopper
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Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Dirsh. 1956. In Hanstrom, Brinck & Rudebeck. South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951 3:121-272 >>
Plegmapterus
splendens
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:48931
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 279 >>
Plegmapterus
splendens
Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology 1:18 >>
Plegmapterus
splendens
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:204 >>
Plegmapterus
splendens
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, Cape Province, Upington, Orange River
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: MZLU Lund
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