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genus Parasphena Bolívar, 1884

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Citations (14):
  • Bolívar, I. 1884. An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat. 13:18, 436   >> Parasphena    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:37513
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):321   >> Parasphena
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 167 >> Note: Pyrgomorphinae: Pyrgomorphae >> Parasphena
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1956. Publ. Cult. Comp. Diamant. Angola 29:109-133 >> Parasphena
  • Dirsh. 1963. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 14:76   >> Parasphena
  • Jago. 1964. J. W. Afr. Sci. Ass. 8(2):190 >> Parasphena
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 127 >> Parasphena
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:100 >> Parasphena
  • Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:506 >> Parasphena
  • Johnsen & D.K.M. Kevan. 1984. Natura Jutlandica 21(5):61 >> Parasphena
  • Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 3:101 >> Note: Pyrgomorphini: Parasphena Group >> Parasphena
  • Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera) 516 >> Parasphena
  • Hemp, C., A. Hemp & J.W. Wägele. 2009. Jour. Orth. Res. 18(1):113-119   >> Parasphena
  • 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 87 >> Note: key to species >> Parasphena
• Type species:  Sphenarium pulchripes Gerstaecker, by subsequent designation; authority:  Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):674 pp.
• The first family-group name based on this genus is Parasphenina Kevan, D.K.M. & Akbar, 1964.

• species campestris Rehn, 1942
• species cheranganica Uvarov, 1938
• species chyuluensis Kevan, 1948
• species elgonensis Sjöstedt, 1933
• species hanangensis Hemp, 2009
• species imatongensis Rehn, 1942
• species kaburu Kevan, 1948
• species keniensis Sjöstedt, 1912
• subspecies keniensis Sjöstedt, 1912
• subspecies rehni Kevan, 1956
• species kinangopa Uvarov, 1938
• species kulalensis Kevan, 1956
• species mauensis Kevan, 1948
• subspecies kamasiensis Kevan, 1948
• subspecies mauensis Kevan, 1948
• species meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910
• subspecies meruensis Sjöstedt, 1910
• subspecies zeuneri Kevan, 1956
• species nairobiensis Sjöstedt, 1933
• species naivashensis Kevan, 1948
• species ngongensis Kevan, 1948
• species pulchripes (Gerstaecker, 1869)
• species teitensis Kevan, 1948

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