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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: species Stenoscepa maxima (Kevan, 1948)
Historical: Parasphena maxima; paratype of species Stenoscepa maxima (Kevan, 1948); cited by Kevan, D.K.M. 1948[1946]. New species of Parasphena Bolivar 1884 (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Pyrgomorphinae) from East Africa. Journal of East Africa Natural History. 19:110-130
Specimen
Basis of record: not specified
Counts: males 1
Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.
Data source: not recorded
Other: no data
Locality
East Tropical Africa, Kenya: Mt. Marsabit; N 2.312360, E 37.960185; Modern (is included in map)
Collecting event
June 13, 1946; D.K. Kevan
Images      
male, lateral view (paratype)
male, dorsal view (paratype)
labels (paratype)
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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