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Rhachitopis crassus Walker 1870

Description

Rhachitopis crassus Walker, 1870

(Figs. 3D, 4C, 16)

Caloptenus crassus: Walker, 1870:694.

Euryphymus crassus: Kirby, 1902:99; Kirby, 1910:547.

Rhachitopis crassus Uvarov, 1922:143; Johnston, H.B. 1956:422; Dirsh, 1956:121–272, figs. 27.12, 13; Dirsh. 1965: 263; Johnston, 1968:194; Naskrecki, 1992:59, figs. 1–13, 74, 81.

Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa, South Africa. No type examined.

Material. SOUTH AFRICA: Northern Cape: 20 miles west of Hopetown (S29.6578, E23.7517) 27.i.1930 coll. K. Munro— 2♂, 2♀ (ANSP); 40 mi. E. of Calvinia, S31.44085, E20.43228, 18 Mar. 1939 coll. E.R. Helwig— 21♂, 4♀ (ANSP); 50 mi E of Pofadder (S29.1284, E20.2247) 18.iii.1958 coll. G. van Son— 1♀; Free State: Bloemfontein (S29.1177, E26.2178) 06.v.1919 coll. Ch. K. Brain— 2♂, 2♀ (USTB); Mpumalanga: De La Rey (S25.8688, E29.2238) i.1917 coll. Dr. Brauns— 2♂, 1♀ (Transvaal Museum); Fraserburg (S31.9131, E21.5140) 19.v.1939 coll. E.R. Helwig—1 (ANSP) ♂; Eastern Cape: Great Fish River Game Reserve, Buffalo Camp North (S32.9029, E26.7879) 02.vi.2001 coll. M. Pareja—5 (Trasnsvaal Museum) ♀; Herbert (S29.6589, E24.6635) 15.v.1919,— 1♂, 3♀ (ANSP); Hopetown (S29.6196, E24.0869) 27.i.1930 — 2♂, 2♀ (ANSP); Kimberley (S28.7432, E24.7662)—1 (ANSP) ♂; Western Cape: Middleburg (S31.5069, E25.0172) 07.iv.1955 coll. D.H. Botha— 1♂, 1♀ (ANSP); Mynfontein Farm, 20 mi S of de Aar (S30.9211, E23.9250) 10.vi.1971 coll.A. Strydom— 1♀ (Transvaal Museum); Prieska (S29.7175, E22.7433) v.1973 — 2♀; Putzonderwater (S29.2348, E21.8731) 18.iii.1958 coll. G. van Son— 2♂, 6♀; Richmond (S29.8913, E30.2563) 09.iv.1939 — 1♀; Western Cape: Stellenbosch (S33.9346, E18.8592) 13.iv.1940 — 3♀ (USTB); Twee Rivieren, S. Kalahari, Auob River (S26.4730, E20.5779) 11.ii.1958 coll. G. van Son— 5♀ (Transvaal Museum); Willowmore (S33.2842, E23.4925) xii.1917,— 1♀ (Transvaal Museum).

Distribution. This species was previously recorded from South Africa (Walker 1870; Uvarov 1922; Dirsh 1956a; Brown 1962; Naskrecki 1992) and Namibia (Sjostedt 1932; Naskrecki 1995).

Notes

Published as part of Tshililo, Precious, 2020, Review of South African Euryphyminae, pp. 70-104 in Zootaxa 4820 (1) on page 99, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4820.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/4397315

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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.
  • Kirby, W. F. (1910) A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. Vol. 3. Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part II. Locustidae et Acridiidae. British Museum, London, 264 pp.
  • Uvarov, B. P. (1922) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum. 2. The group of Calliptamini. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, 48, 117 - 177. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1922. tb 02828. x
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