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genus Afrosphena Kevan, 1956

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (9):
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1956. Publ. Cult. Comp. Diamant. Angola 29:110, 121 >> Afrosphena    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:37489
  • Dirsh. 1961. Eos 37:383   >> Note: synonym >> Stenoscepa
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1961. J. Entomol. Soc. S. Afr. 24:163 >> Afrosphena
  • Kevan, D.K.M. & Akbar. 1963. Eos 39:416, 417   >> Note: footnote: synonymization incorrect >> Afrosphena
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 133 >> Note: synonym >> Stenoscepa
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:106 >> Note: synonym >> Stenoscepa
  • Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:515 >> Afrosphena
  • Johnsen & D.K.M. Kevan. 1984. Natura Jutlandica 21(5):62 >> Afrosphena
  • Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 3:99 >> Note: Pyrgomorphini, Parasphena Group >> Afrosphena
• Type species:  Parasphena picticeps Bolívar, I.
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

• species fusiformis Kevan, 1956
• species gracilis Kevan, 1956
• species picticeps (Bolívar, 1904)
• synonym vittata (Miller, 1932)
• species rhodesiensis Kevan, 1956

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