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Macroscirtus kanguroo Pictet. Hind 1888

Creators

  • 1. Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon
  • 2. Bahnhof Triesdorf 8, 91732 Merkendorf, Germany
  • 3. Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon & gzangaffaa @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 8338 - 0576
  • 4. Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon & wandjichristel @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4394 - 9502
  • 5. Zoology Laboratory, Faculty of Science, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon & marcellenzike @ yahoo. fr; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5327 - 1638

Description

Species Macroscirtus kanguroo Pictet, 1888

Figs. 3, 4, 6; Tables 1, 3

Type material: syntypes (2♂♂ Mus. Geneve (Hollier, 2011)), type locality: Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Gabon.

According to Art. 45.6.4 (ICZN, 2000) both Macroscyrtus kanguroo variety insularis Griffini, 1906 (Griffini, 1906), and Macroscirtus kanguroo variety joannis Bolívar, 1906 (Bolívar, 1906) have to be considered as valid subspecies.

Notes

Published as part of Simeu-Noutchom, Alain, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Affa'A, Glwadys Zang, Wandji, Alain Christel & Nzike, Marcelle Mbadjoun, 2022, Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species, pp. 133-144 in Zootaxa 5188 (2) on page 137, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/7087512

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFC07434AFB1B

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7087522 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7087524 (DOI)
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.7087532 (DOI)
Dataset: http://table.plazi.org/id/3582664FFFA0CD17FF31FAD34609FACC (URL)
Dataset: http://table.plazi.org/id/3582664FFFACCD1BFF31FCD84312FC2B (URL)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.5188.2.3 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/7087512 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/156DFFA9FFA5CD12FFA9FF8D425DFFBA (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/A4DEEDB4-87CE-4B33-81A9-721D9D9AEC22 (URL)
Is source of
https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFC07434AFB1B (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/200897937 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/147465/taxon/E95487D1FFA1CD16FF3EFC07434AFB1B.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Family
Tettigoniidae
Genus
Macroscirtus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Orthoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Pictet. Hind
Species
kanguroo
Taxon rank
species
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Macroscirtus kanguroo Hind, 1888 sec. Simeu-Noutchom, Heller, Affa'A, Wandji & Nzike, 2022

References

  • Pictet, A. (1888) Locustides nouveaux ou peu connus du Musee de Geneve. Vol. 30. Mem. Societe de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Geneve, pp. 1 - 84.
  • Hollier, J. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Museum d'histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118 (2), 345 - 400.
  • ICZN. (2000) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. Edition 4. The International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature 1999, London. Available from: https: // www. iczn. org / the-code / the-code-online / (accessed 3 May 2022)
  • Griffini, A. (1906) Ortotteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea nell'Africa occidentale. 1. Hetrodidi, Conocephalidi, Meconemidi, Pseudophyllidi, Mecopodidi, Fanerotteridi. Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale ' Giacomo Doria', Genova, 2 (3), 358 - 397.
  • Bolivar, I. (1906) Fasgonuridos de la Guinea espanola. Memorias de La Real Sociedad Espanola de Historia Natural, 1, 327 - 377.