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Abisares viridipennis subsp. dromedarius Rhen 1914

Description

Abisares viridipennis dromedarius (Rhen, 1914)

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Material examined. ETHIOPIA: SNNPR, Bench Maji, Bebeka Plantation (1370 m), 14.IV.2015, B. Massa (1Ƌ, BMPC).

Remarks. Our specimen has bright yellow spines with black tips on the hind tibiae, as is described for subspecies dromedarius from Ethiopia. The hind wings however are green-bluish basally, as is the case in Abisares v. viridipennis (Burmeister, 1838), which is widespread in different countries of East, Central and West Africa (cf. also Uvarov 1943). Based on the color of the spines on the hind tibiae, we identified our specimen as dromedarius.

Notes

Published as part of Felix, Rob P. W. H. & Massa, Bruno, 2016, Orthoptera (Insecta: Tettigonioidea, Pyrgomorphoidea, Acridoidea) of Kafa Biosphere Reserve, Bale Mountains National Park and other areas of conservation interest in Ethiopia, pp. 1-59 in Zootaxa 4189 (1) on page 43, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/165634

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
SNNPR, BMPC
Event date
2015-04-14
Family
Baissogryllidae
Genus
Abisares
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Rhen
Species
dromedarius
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Verbatim event date
2015-04-14
Taxonomic concept label
Abisares viridipennis subsp. dromedarius Rhen, 1914 sec. Felix & Massa, 2016

References

  • Uvarov, B. P. (1943) A revision of the genus Abisares Stal, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, 11, 558 - 563. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 03745481.1943.9728041