Ixalidium haematoscelis Gerstäcker, 1869

Hemp, Claudia, Ritchie, J. Mark, Cigliano, Maria Marta, Heller, Klaus-Gerhard, Warchalowska-Śliwa, Elżbieta, Grzywacz, Beata, Linde, Jackson, Uluar, Onur, Ngoute, Charly Oumarou & Song, Hojun, 2025, Out of sight, out of mind? Ixalidiidae, a new family of African forest grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) revealed by molecular phylogenetics and genital morphology, Zoosystema 47 (24), pp. 489-553 : 514-515

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a24
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17293269
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scientific name	Ixalidium haematoscelis Gerstäcker, 1869
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Ixalidium haematoscelis Gerstäcker, 1869 View in CoL

( Figs 1; 2A, B; 4A; 5A; 10; 22E; Table 4 View TABLE )

Ixalidium haematoscelis Gerstäcker, 1869: 220 View in CoL ; Table III, Figs 6 and 6a.

TYPE MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Lectotype. Kenya • ♂; “ Bura, Endara” [Bura Mts (North Taita Hills) and/or Endara (Ndara Mountain, NW Taita Hills)] ; [3°27’S, 38°19’E and/or 3°30’23.18”S, 38°35’37.7”E]; XII.1862; K. K. von der Decken leg.; DORSA BA000505S01 ; MfN, Berlin. Here designated. GoogleMaps

Paralectotype. Kenya • ♀; Endara [=Ndara Mountain, NW Taita Hills] ; [ 3°30’23.18”S, 38°35’37.7”E]; XII.1862; K. K. von der Decken leg.; DORSA BA000505S02 ; MfN, Berlin GoogleMaps .

OTHER MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Kenya • 2 ♀; Taita Hills , south; VIII.1947; V. G. L. Van Someren leg.; NHMUK • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Taita Hills, Taita Farmers’ Training Centre ; 8 km S of Wundanyi; 3°26’S, 38°28’E; 5400 ft a.s.l.; 6.V.1975; I. A. D. & A. Robertson leg.; lush grass and herbs; NHMUK GoogleMaps • 1 ♂, 1 ♀; Taita Hills ; 15 kms along route C104; 3 500 ft a.s.l.; 17.IX.1982; N. D. Jago leg.; road edge forest remnant; NHMUK • 1 ♀; Taita Hills, Ngangao Forest reserve ; 1700-1800 m a.s.l.; II.2018; C. Hemp leg.; montane forest; Coll. CH • 1 ♂; Taita Hills, Mt Vuria ; 1950 m a.s.l.; XI.2010; C. Hemp leg.; forest floor; Coll. CH • 2 ♀; S of Voi, Sagala Hills ; 3°27’S, 38°25’E; 2 600 ft a.s.l.; 17.IX.1982; N. D. Jago leg.; dry grass and Euphorbia thicket on stoney slopes; NHMUK GoogleMaps • 2 ♂; Chyulu Hills, East end, 66 km from Makutano ; 2°35’S, 37°50’E; 4 500 ft a.s.l.; 16.IX.1982; N. D. Jago leg.; NHMUK GoogleMaps • 4 ♂, 1 ♀; Kwale District, Kilibasi Hill , SW side, upper slopes; 3°57’S, 38°57’E; 1 800-2 700 ft a.s.l.; 27.I.1990; J. M. Ritchie & M. N. Mungai leg.; mist forest; NHMUK GoogleMaps • 12 ♂, 11 ♀, 2 nymphs; Kenya, Near Kibwezi, Dwa , N of Brooke Bond Sisal Estate Rest House, 21.XI.1988; N. D. Jago, J. P. Grunshaw, J. Muli leg.; riverine forest near dam; NHMUK .

MEASUREMENTS. — Table 4 View TABLE .

MfN	Museum für Naturkunde
V	Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium
NHMUK	Natural History Museum, London
CH	Circulo Herpetologico de Panama

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Orthoptera
SuperFamily	Acridoidea
Family	Ixalidiidae
Genus	Ixalidium