Taxa hierarchy

family Acrididae MacLeay, 1821
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subfamily Coptacrinae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
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genus Parepistaurus Karsch, 1896

species Parepistaurus vansomereni Kevan, 1955

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Distribution:
Ecology:
- Terrestrial. Submontane to montane forest and forest edges, submontane coffee–banana plantations.
Specimen records are available.
Citations (8):
- Kevan, D.K.M. 1955. Beiträge zur Entomologie 5:479 >> Parepistaurus vansomereni urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46295
- Kevan, D.K.M. 1956. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 12 9:20 >> Parepistaurus vansomereni
- Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 244 >> Parepistaurus vansomereni
- Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:179 >> Parepistaurus vansomereni
- Green, S.V. 1998. Tropical Zoology 11:274 >> Note: redescription >> Parepistaurus deses vansomereni urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46296
- Hemp, C. & Kehl. 2010. Jour. Orth. Res. 19(1):31-39 >> Parepistaurus vansomereni
- Hemp, C., Kehl, Schultz, J.W. Wägele & A. Hemp. 2015. Systematic Ent. 40:17-34 >> Parepistaurus vansomereni
- Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser & C. Hemp. 2017. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae 120 >> Parepistaurus vansomereni
Type specimen information:
- Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Kenya, Taita Hills
- Kind of type: holotype
- Specimen category: male
- Location of type: Van Someren

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