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species Maransis rufolineatus Schulthess, 1899

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  specimen

• Distribution:
  •  South Africa
• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (8):
  • Schulthess. 1899. Bull. Soc. Vaud. Sc. Nat. 35:200, pl.7:4 >> Maransis rufolineatus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:278
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1904. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 56:83   >> Maransis rufolineatus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1904. A synonymic catalogue of Orthoptera. 1. Orthoptera Euplexoptera, Cursoria et Gressoria. (Forficulidae, Hemimeridae, Blattidae, Mantidae, Phasmidae) 1:337   >> Maransis rufolineatus
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1911. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 63:332   >> Leptynia rufolineatus    urn:lsid:Phasmida.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:279
  • Picker, Griffiths & Weaving. 2004. Field Guide to Insects of South Africa 110, fig.   >> Maransis rufolineatus
  • Otte & Brock. 2005. Phasmida Species File. Catalog of Stick and Leaf Insects of the world 191   >> Maransis rufolineatus
  • Brock & Büscher. 2022. Stick and leaf-insects of the world, Phasmids 509   >> Note: Checklist of world species >> Maransis rufolineatus
  • Hennemann, Conle & Brock. 2023. Zootaxa 5278(1):183   >> Note: type data, Zurich; There is a further ♂ from Rikatia, Delagoa (Junod) pinned alongside, apparently of the same species, which links more to ‘Delagoa’ in the description. However, the detailed measurements given match the two specimens from Shilouvane; the ♂ from Rikatia lacks four legs >> Maransis rufolineatus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, Shilouvane, N. Transvaal [as 'Delagoa']
  • Kind of type:  syntypes
  • Specimen category:  2 Males
  • Location of type:  ETHZ Zurich

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