Platacanthoides bituberculatus Uvarov , 1922

Tshililo, Precious, 2020, Review of South African Euryphyminae, Zootaxa 4820 (1), pp. 70-104 : 93-94

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Platacanthoides bituberculatus Uvarov, 1922

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Platacanthoides bituberculatus: Uvarov,1922:154 ; Johnston, 1956: 428; Dirsh, 1956:223; Dirsh, 1956:121-272, figs. 26. 1–3; Brown, 1962:218; Dirsh, 1965: 262; Uvarov, 1966:19; Johnston, 1968:193.

Type locality. Africa, Southern Africa , South Africa. No type examined .

Material. Eastern Cape: Alstonfield, Bedford (S26.01819003, E32.89379102) 02.iii.17 coll P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 20 adults ( SAMC) GoogleMaps ; Northern Cape: Ezelfontein, Steynsburg (S25.7032, E30.9831) 06.iii.17 coll P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 2 adults ( SAMC) GoogleMaps ; Eastern Cape: Doornberg, Graaff Reinet (S24.4983, E31.8208) 18.iii.17 coll P. Tshililo and P. Strauss— 24 adults ( SAMC) GoogleMaps .

Distribution. This species has only been recorded from South Africa and Basutoland ( Dirsh 1956b).

References

Dirsh, V. M. (1956 b) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In: Hanstrom, B., Brinck, P. & Rudebeck, G. (Eds.), South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950 - 1951. Vol. 3. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm, pp. 121 - 272.

Dirsh, V. M. (1965) The African genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, New York, xiv + 579 pp.

Johnston, H. B. (1956) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. Cambridge University Press, 833 pp.

Johnston, H. B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: supplement. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 427 pp.

Uvarov, B. P. (1922) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum. 2. The group of Calliptamini. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, 48, 117 - 177. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1922. tb 02828. x

Figures

FIGURE 3. Figure showing generic representation of various shapes of lateral view of male cerci: (A) Pachyphymus, (B) Euryphymus, (C) Aneuryphymus, (D) Rhachitopis, (E) Brachyphymus, (F) Calliptamicus, (G) Rhodesiana, (H) Amblyphymus, (I) Platacanthoides, (J) Plegmapterus, (K) Calliptamuloides, (L) Plegmapteroides, (M) Plegmapteropsis.

FIGURE 4. Figure showing generic representation of dorsal view of pronotum: (A) Euryphymus, (B) Aneuryphymus, (C) Rhachitopis, (D) Brachyphymus, (E) Rhodesiana, (F) Amblyphymus and (G) Platacanthoides, (H) Calliptamicus, (I) Calliptamulus, (J) Plegmapterus, (K) Plegmapteropsis, (L) Calliptamuloides, (M) Plegmapteroides and (N) Phymeurus.

FIGURE 6. Photograph showing lateral view of staged: (A) Calliptamicus semiroseus, (B) Plegmapteroides minutus, (C) Plegmapterus irisus, (D) Amblyphymus rubidus, (E) Platacanthoides bituberculatus and (F) Euryphymus tuberculatus.