Identification |
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Current: |
species Afrosphena gracilis Kevan, 1956 |
Historical: |
Afrosphena gracilis; holotype of species Afrosphena gracilis 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: males 1 Depository: BMNH, London NH Mus. Data source: not recorded Other: no data |
Locality |
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South Tropical Africa, Zimbabwe: Umtali, Monarch Mine; Modern (is included in map) |
Collecting event |
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April 05, 1945; N.C.E. Miller |
Images
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male, lateral view (holotype) (body length 20 mm, pronotum 4 mm, tegmen 3.7 mm, hind femur 11.2 mm), Fig. 8 B male, dorsal view (holotype), Fig. 8 A 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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