Ixalidium haematoscelis Gerstäcker, 1869

J., Claudia Hemp, Maria, Mark Ritchie, Cigliano, Maria Marta, Elżbieta, Klaus-Gerhard Heller, Beata, Elżbieta Warchalowska-Śliwa, Jackson, Beata Grzywacz, Onur, Jackson Linde, Charly, Onur Uluar, 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

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1638-9387

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)

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 BA000505 View Materials S01 ; 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 BA000505 View Materials S02 ; 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.

MfN

Museum für Naturkunde

V

Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

CH

Circulo Herpetologico de Panama

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Orthoptera

Family

Acrididae

Genus

Ixalidium

Loc

Ixalidium haematoscelis Gerstäcker, 1869

J., Claudia Hemp, Maria, Mark Ritchie, Cigliano, Maria Marta, Elżbieta, Klaus-Gerhard Heller, Beata, Elżbieta Warchalowska-Śliwa, Jackson, Beata Grzywacz, Onur, Jackson Linde, Charly, Onur Uluar, Ngoute, Charly Oumarou & Song, Hojun 2025
2025
Loc

Ixalidium haematoscelis Gerstäcker, 1869: 220

GERSTACKER A. 1869: 220
1869
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