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Data for specimen record

Identification
Current: species Parasphenula abyssinica (Uvarov, 1934)
Historical: Parasphena abyssinica; holotype of species Parasphenula abyssinica (Uvarov, 1934); cited by Uvarov. 1934. Entomologica expedition to Abyssinia 1926-7. Orthoptera of the families Mantidae, Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, and Acrididae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 38:591-614
Specimen
Basis of record: not specified
Counts: males 1
Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.
Data source: not recorded
Other: no data
Locality
Northeast Tropical Africa, Ethiopia: W of Mount Zuquala, Hawash River; 1828 meters; Modern (is included in map)
Collecting event
October 29, 1926; Hugh Scott
Images      
male and female, lateral view (holotype and paratype)
male and female, dorsal view (holotype and paratype)
labels (holotype and paratype)
Sounds      
None
Ecological relationships      
None
 

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