Gonypeta benguelae Saussure 1869
Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869 Fig. 2f–h Gonypeta benguelae Saussure, 1869: 64. Ligentella benguelae – Kaltenbach 1996: 257–259. Type material Holotype (1 female) ANGOLA • ♀ (Fig. 2f–h); “// Holotype // O 277 ♀ / Benguela // Z. M. H. / Hamburg // Benguelae / Sss. // Parentella ♀ / benguelae Sauss. / det. Beier ”; ZMH 833033. Type locality West Africa, Benguela [Angola]. Current status Valid species. Habitus Incomplete: last pair of legs is missing. Remarks In the original publication Saussure quotes “Africa occidentalis” [West Africa] as type locality. However in a later publication (Saussure 1871), he gives a more detailed description of this type specimen and quotes Benguela as more specific type locality.
Institutions
- State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe (DE)
- Karlsruhe University of Education (DE)
- Museum am Rothenbaum (DE)
- Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14008979
- Primary Topic
- Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy
- Type
- article
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