Acteana Karsch, 1896

Popov †, George B., Fishpool, Lincoln D. C. & Rowell, C. Hugh F., 2019, A review of the Acridinae s. str. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Acrididae) of eastern Africa with taxonomic changes and description of new taxa, Journal of Orthoptera Research 28 (2), pp. 37-105 : 82

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scientific name

Acteana Karsch, 1896
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Acteana Karsch, 1896: 255.

Type species.

- Acteana alazonica Karsch, 1896: 255, by original designation.

Description.

-Phallic structures in Acteana are typical for the Parga genus group; structure of epiphallus with its vestigial ancorae and elongate, bilobate lophi (Figs 31, 340) is particularly diagnostic. For details see under species, below.

Discussion.

-Genus monotypic.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

SuperFamily

Acridoidea

Family

Acrididae

Tribe

Pargaini