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subspecies Parepistaurus zanzibaricus zanzibaricus Uvarov, 1953

• Common name(s):  Coastal Wigwag Grasshopper
• Links:
  • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Distribution:
  •  
   Zanzibar and Tanzanian coast around Dar es Salaam, to 100 m
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Coastal forest and bushland.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Uvarov. 1953. Publ. Cult. Comp. Diamant. Angola 21:57, 60 >> Parepistaurus zanzibaricus
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1955. Beiträge zur Entomologie 5:479   >> Parepistaurus zanzibaricus
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 277 >> Parepistaurus zanzibaricus
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 244 >> Parepistaurus zanzibaricus
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:179 >> Parepistaurus zanzibaricus
  • Green, S.V. 1998. Tropical Zoology 11:315   >> Note: n. stat., redescription >> Parepistaurus zanzibaricus zanzibaricus
  • Hemp, C., Kehl, Schultz, J.W. Wägele & A. Hemp. 2015. Systematic Ent. 40:17-34   >> Parepistaurus zanzibaricus zanzibaricus
  • 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 121 >> Parepistaurus zanzibaricus zanzibaricus
• See species zanzibaricus for additional information.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Zanzibar
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

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