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family
Acrididae
MacLeay, 1821
subfamily
Coptacrinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1893
genus
Parepistaurus
Karsch, 1896
species
Parepistaurus
robertsoni
Green, 1998
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46278
Common name(s): South Pare Wigwag Grasshopper
Links:
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Distribution:
South Pare Mountains, 640–1600 m
Ecology:
Terrestrial. Lowland wet forest, submontane forest and forest edges, montane forest edges.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Green, S.V. 1998. Tropical Zoology 11:298
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Parepistaurus
robertsoni
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Hemp, C., Kehl, Schultz, J.W. Wägele & A. Hemp. 2015. Systematic Ent. 40:17-34
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Parepistaurus
robertsoni
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 118 >>
Parepistaurus
robertsoni
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Pare Mountains, Gonja, Mombe-Same road
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
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