Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891)

Usmani, Mohammad Kamil, 2007, Studies on some Libyan species of Pamphagidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), Zootaxa 1625, pp. 47-60 : 50-51

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.179274

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6240392

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scientific name

Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891)
status

 

Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891) View in CoL

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Pamphagus saharae Pictet and Saussure, 1891 , Mitt. Schweiz. ent. Ges., 8: 293. Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891) ; Kirby, 1910: syn . cat. Orth. vol. 3. Orth. salt. Part II. Locustidae vel Acridiidae . London: 350.

Acinipe saharae (Pictet and Saussure, 1891) ; Dirsh, 1965, Afr. gen. Acrid, ALRC, 99.

Earlier recorded from Cyrenaica by Salfi (1925). This species can easily be identified by its pronotum with median carina elevated, crossed by posterior sulcus at posterior fourth, prosternal process with anterior margin truncated in the middle.

Material examined: Sebha Region: Samnu, 3 ɗ, 3Ψ, on vegetable, 10.vi.90. Localities: Cyrenaica: Marmarica; Fezzan: Samnu.

Distribution: Algeria, Libya.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Pamphagidae

Genus

Acinipe

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