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Identification |
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| Current: |
species Parasphenella meridionalis (Kevan, 1956) |
| Historical: |
Parasphenoides meridionalis; holotype of species Parasphenella meridionalis (Kevan, 1956); cited by Kevan, D.K.M. 1956. Flightless African genera of pyrgomorphine grasshoppers allied, or superficially similar, to Parasphena I. Bolivar, 1884, and Pyrgomorphella I. Bolivar, 1904, with description of certain new forms. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola. 29:109-133 |
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| Specimen |
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Basis of record: not specified
Counts: females 1
Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus.
Data source: not recorded
Other: no data |
| Locality |
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Southern Africa, Lesotho: Maluti Mountains, Nyakroesuba; 2438 to 2743 meters; Modern (is included in map) |
| Collecting event |
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February 18, 1929 to February 19, 1929; Dr. Hugh Scott |
| Images
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 female, lateral view (holotype) (body length 25.5 mm, pronotum 5.3 mm, tegmen 4.5 mm, hind femur 12.2 mm), Fig. 5 B
 female, dorsal view (holotype), Fig. 5 B
 female, lateral view (holotype)
 female, dorsal view (holotype)
 labels (holotype) |
| Sounds
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None |
| Ecological relationships
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None |
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