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Issue: Vol. 2916 No. 1: 14 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2916.1.4
Page range: 51–61
Abstract views: 95
PDF downloaded: 1

A revision of the subgenus Parasphingonotus Benediktov & Husemann, 2009 (Orthoptera: Oedipodinae: Sphingonotini)

Baylor University, Department of Biology, Waco, Tx-76706, USA
Baylor University, Department of Biology, Waco, Tx-76706, USA
Trier University, Department of Biogeography, D-54286 Trier, Germany
Orthoptera Sphingonotus Sphingonotini Africa stridulatory organs intercalary vein radial vein

Abstract

The recently erected subgenus Parasphingonotus is revised. The diagnostic characters are given and the species Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) radioserratus comb. n., Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) femoralis comb. n. and Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) turkanae comb. n. are assigned to the subgenus. Sphingonotus (Parasphingonotus) airensis is synonymized with S. (P.) femoralis, making the latter species the new type species of Parasphingonotus. Keys to the subgenera (Sphingonotus, Neosphingonotus, and Parasphingonotus) of the genus Sphingonotus and to the species of Parasphingonotus are presented. All Parasphingonotus species are re-described and further information on the distribution of the species are given.

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