Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)        Home       Search       Taxa       Key       Help       Wiki

Taxa hierarchy  

species Parasphena elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933

• Images:
• Distribution:
  •  
   
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Heath zone, 2500-3500 m.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Sjöstedt. 1933. Ent. Tidskr. 54:216 >> Parasphena elgonensis    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:37542
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 168 >> Parasphena elgonensis
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 127 >> Parasphena elgonensis
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:101 >> Parasphena elgonensis
  • Kevan, D.K.M., Akbar & Y.C. Chang. 1975[1973]. Eos 49:212   >> Note: lectotype >> Parasphena elgonensis
  • Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:508 >> Parasphena elgonensis
  • Hemp, C., A. Hemp & J.W. Wägele. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(1):113-119   >> Parasphena elgonensis
  • Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 93 >> Parasphena elgonensis
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Kenya, Mount Elgon
  • Kind of type:  syntypes
  • Location of type:  NHRS Stockholm

	Home       Search       Taxa       Key       Help       Wiki      |      Top of page
Copyright © 2025.  Except where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.