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species Afrocriotettix teliferus (Walker, 1871)

• Common name(s):  Sierra Leone Pygmy Grasshopper
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• Links:
  • The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations:
  • Walker, F. 1871. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 5:818   >> Tettix telifera    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:71002
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):16   >> Criotettix telifera    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:71001
  • Adžic, Deranja, Franjevic & Skejo. 2020. Entomol. News 129(2):133 >> Afrocriotettix teliferus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:509802
• Scrutiny:
  • Skejo, 2019, This species from Sierra Leone belongs to the genus Afrocriotettix Günther, 1938. It is a close relative of Afrocriotettix nigellus (Bolívar, 1887) from Cameroon and Gabon.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, West Tropical Africa, Sierre Leone
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

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