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					Identification | 
			
			
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							| Current:  | 
							species Parorthacris somalica Dirsh, 1958 | 
						 
						
							| Historical:  | 
							Parorthacris somalica; holotype of species Parorthacris somalica Dirsh, 1958; cited by Dirsh. 1958[1957]. Two new genera of Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London. 12 10 | 
						 
					 
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				| Specimen | 
			
			
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				Basis of record: not specified Counts: males 1 Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus. Data source: not recorded Other: no data | 
			
			
				| Locality | 
			
			
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				Northeast Tropical Africa, Somalia: Baran; N 10.216288, E 48.772360; Modern (is included in map) | 
			
			
				| Collecting event | 
			
			
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				November 02, 1946; W.H. Wood | 
			
			
				| Images      
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				  male, lateral view (holotype)
   male, dorsal view (holotype)
   labels (holotype) | 
			
			
				| Sounds      
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				None | 
			
			
				| Ecological relationships      
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				None | 
			
			
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