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species Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976

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• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
  • Specimens in MNHN Paris
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Wet habitats, feeding on Acanthophoenix palms.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (5):
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1976. S. Afr. J. Sci. 72:318 >> Note: [based on female P. relictus described by Descamps 1968] >> Pyrgacris descampsi    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46183
  • Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:29 >> Pyrgacris descampsi
  • Hugel. 2005. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 110(2):156   >> Note: description of male neoallotype >> Pyrgacris descampsi
  • Hugel. 2014. Zootaxa 3900(3):403 >> Pyrgacris descampsi
  • Hugel. 2015. J. Insect Conservation 19:87–96 >> Pyrgacris descampsi
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Reunion
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  MNHN Paris

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