AA CAVE, Minneryia (Chopard 1916)

(Polonnaruwa District - LK)
8.041700,80.875000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified site, perhaps a cave (possibly not), yielded one male specimen of an immature cricket (CHOPARD, L 1916: 114-115; AELLEN, SKET & STRINATI, 2001: 1978). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere at a so-called Minneryia, Ceylan (CHOPARD, L 1916: 114) which seems to be a corrupted Minneryia (note 1). CAVE LIFE: CHOPARD, L (1916: 114-115) gives a taxonomical description of the new sub-species Diestrammena gravely ceylonica (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) collected from an unspecified site (note 2) at Minneriya.An unspecified site, perhaps a cave (possibly not), yielded one male specimen of an immature cricket (CHOPARD, L 1916: 114-115; AELLEN, SKET & STRINATI, 2001: 1978). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere at a so-called Minneryia, Ceylan (CHOPARD, L 1916: 114) which seems to be a corrupted Minneryia (note 1). CAVE LIFE: CHOPARD, L (1916: 114-115) gives a taxonomical description of the new sub-species Diestrammena gravely ceylonica (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatidae) collected from an unspecified site (note 2) at Minneriya.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1916: B.H. Buxton (Indian Museum) had collected on an unidentified date one immature male specimen of a cricket (CHOPARD, L 1916: 114). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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