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synonym Orophus compressa Walker, 1869

• Nomenclatural details:   Junior synonym
• Common name(s):  Black-spotted Plangia
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• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (6):
  • Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2:386   >> Orophus compressus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:9862
  • Karsch. 1889[1888]. Berlin Ent. Z. 32:420   >> Orophus compressus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:462   >> Eurycorypha compressa    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:9863
  • Ragge. 1980. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 40(2):175   >> Plangia compressa    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:9861
  • Hemp, C., K.-G. Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz & A. Hemp. 2015. Org. Divers. Evol. 15(3):471-488 >> Note: synonym >> Plangia graminea
  • Hemp, C. 2017. Zootaxa 4324(1):180 >> Note: synonym >> Plangia graminea
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

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