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Taxa hierarchy
family
Acrididae
MacLeay, 1821
subfamily
Coptacrinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
genus
Parepistaurus
Karsch, 1896
species
Parepistaurus
pugui
Green, 1998
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46279
Common name(s): Pugu Wigwag Grasshopper
Links:
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Green, S.V. 1998. Tropical Zoology 11:306
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Parepistaurus
pugui
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46279
Hemp, C. 2017. Zootaxa 4226(2):189 >>
Parepistaurus
pugui
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 116 >>
Parepistaurus
pugui
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Pugu Hills, Dar es Salaam Airport
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
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