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Plegmapterus saturatus

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Description

Plegmapterus saturatus (Walker, 1870)

Caloptenus saturatus: Walker, 1870:692.

Plegmapterus irisus: Uvarov. 1922:172; Johnston, 1956:434

Plegmapterus saturatus: Dirsh. 1956b:121–272, figs. 36.11, 12; Dirsh. 1965:278: Johnston, 1968:203.

Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal. No type examined.

Material. SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 12 mi WNW Calvinia (S31.4166, E19.5852) 12.ix.1968 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♂ (SANC); Eastern Cape: 15 mi ENE Aberdeen, Great Karoo (S32.3928, E24.2972) 12.xi.1918, coll. H.D. Brown— 1♀, 1♂ (SANC); 19 mi NNE Niewoudtville (S31.1199, E19.2382) 06.ix.1958 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♂, 1♀ (SANC); 22 mi E Willowmore (S33.2756, E23.8721) 15.ix.1916 coll. Dr. Brauns— 3♂, 5♀ (Transvaal Museum); 24 mi NE Prince Albert (S32.9721, E22.3224) 12.xii.1961 coll. H.D. Brown, W. Furst and F. Pick— 1♀ (SANC) 3m SE Garies (S30.6042, E18.0351) 15.ix.1967 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♀ (SANC); 4 km E Kamieskroon (S30.2073, E17.9740) 02.x.1972 coll. H.D. Brown, E. Koster and A. Prinsloo— 1♀ (SANC); mi E of Springbok (S29.6653, E17.9849) 11.viii.1961 coll. G. van Son and Vari— 2♂, 2♀ (Trasnavaal Museum); 50 mi SE Steytlerville, Great Karoo (S33.7149, E24.7790) 21.ii.1958 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♀ (SANC); Western Cape: Assegaibos, La Motte (S33.9686, E19.0794) x.1940 coll. G. van Son— 2♀ (SANC); Bushmanland, Farm Banke (S30.3942, E18.4840) x.1990 coll. J.D. Arbuthnot, E.T. Butler – 2 ♀, 2 ♂ (SANC); Clanwilliam (S32.1857, E18.8945) 11.xi.1968 coll. G. van Son— 1♂ (Trasnavval Museum); Doorn Riv. 32 km NW Wuppertal (S32.0758, E18.9767) 27.ix.1972 coll. H.D. Brown, E. Koster and A. Prinsloo— 1♀ (SANC); Jonkershoek (S33.9478, E18.9492) 01.ii.1980 coll. C.H.G. Sch-lettwein— 2♀ (SANC); Matjiesfontein (S33.2308, E20.5822) 22.ix.1940 coll. G. van Son— 1♂, 2♀ (Transvaal Museum); Oudtshoorn Zebra (S33.7637, E22.3155) x.1951 coll. SAM museum expedition— 1♀ (SAMC); Rhenosterberg, Middelburg, East Karroo (S30.4449, E24.0268) 08.xi.1956 coll. H.D. Brown— 1♀ (SANC); Rooiberg Pass 18 m NE Van Wyksdorp (S33.6481, E21.6459) 09.ii.1961 coll. H.D. Brown, W. Furst and F. Pick— 1♂ (SANC); Rust En Vrede Oudtshoorn (S33.3901, E22.3459) x.1951 coll. SAM museum expedition— 1♀ (SAMC); Uitko Mtns., Tulbagh (S33.2792, E19.1366) i.1950 coll. J.H. Linn— 1♀ (SAMC); Van Rhyn’s Pass, 6 mi W Niewoudtville (S31.3831, E19.0215) 21.ix.1961 coll. H.D. Brown and W. Furst— 1♂ (SANC); Waterford (S33.0749, E25.0182) 21.x.1961 — 1♀ (Trasnvaal Museum); Wit River Valley Bain’s Kloof (S33.6167, E19.1000), xii.1949 coll. SAM museum expedition— 1♀ (SAMC); Western Cape: Beaufort West, Hopewell (S32.3063, E23.1155) 05.x.2016 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 2 adults (SAMC); Western Cape: Ceres, Popelierbos (S32.7849, E20.1229) 16.xi.16 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 1 adult (SAMC); Eastern Cape: Aberdeen, Rooi draai 9 S32.4888, E23.6159) 06.x.2016 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 1 adult (SAMC); Eastern Cape: Cradock, Waterval Safaris (S32.4399, E25.7310) 28 Oct.2016 coll. P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 7 adults (SAMC).

Distribution. Previously recorded from Namibia (Brown 1962) and South Africa (Brown 1968; Dirsh 1956b).

Notes

Published as part of Tshililo, Precious, 2020, Review of South African Euryphyminae, pp. 70-104 in Zootaxa 4820 (1) on pages 97-98, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4397315

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DC878BFF83325DFF1D01FDBBC415B1

Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.4 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/4397315 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFE5FFF3FF983241FF8A0253BE591548 (URL)
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https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03DC878BFF83325DFF1D01FDBBC415B1 (URL)
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https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/8903/taxon/03DC878BFF83325DFF1D01FDBBC415B1.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Collection code
SAMC , SAMC, SANC , SANC
Event date
1916-09-15 , 1940-09-22 , 1958-02-21 , 1961-08-11 , 1968-09-12 , 2016-10-05 , 2016-10-06 , 2016-10-28
Family
Baissogryllidae
Genus
Plegmapterus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Walker
Species
saturatus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1916-09-15/1958-09-06 , 1940-09-22/1980-02-01 , 1958-02-21 , 1961-08-11/1972-10-02 , 1968-09-12 , 2016-10-05 , 2016-10-06 , 2016-10-28
Taxonomic concept label
Plegmapterus saturatus (Walker, 1870) sec. Tshililo, 2020

References

  • Walker, F. (1870) Locustidae and Acrididae Part. In: Catalogue of the specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I & IV. Printed for the Trustees of the British Museum, London, pp. 1 - 117 + 691 - 694.
  • Johnston, H. B. (1956) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. Cambridge University Press, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H. B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: supplement. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 427 pp.
  • Dirsh, V. M. (1956 b) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In: Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. & Rudebeck, G. (Eds.), South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950 - 1951. Vol. 3. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm, pp. 121 - 272.