Orphula pagana (Stål 1860)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Chaco
    • Formosa
    • Misiones
Other distribution
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro.
BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz de la Sierra.
 
  • Gomphocerus (Hyalopteryx) paganus Stål 1860
  • Truxalis (Orphula) pagana; Stål 1873
The type locality for this species is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Other localities mentioned in the literature, including those from Argentina, Paraguay, and Bolivia need to de confirmed.
Graminivorous-type mandibles.
  • STÅL. 1861 [1860]. Orthoptera species nova descripsit. Pp. 299-350, pl. 5, in Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under behalf af C. A. Virgin aren 1851-1853. vol 2, Zoologi, part 1, insecta.:339.
  • STÅL. 1873b. Recensio orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptéres décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm, part 1, 154 pp.
  • GIGLIO-TOS. 1894. Viaggio dell dott. Alfredo Borelli nella Repubblica Argentina e nel Paraguay. Vi, Ortotteri. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Universita di Torino 9(184):1-46, 1 pl.
  • BRUNER. 1900. Brief account of the genera and species of Locusts or Gasshoppers of Argentina, together with descriptions of new forms. The second report of the Merchant's Locust investigation Commission of Buenos Aires. Lincoln, Nebraska, 80 pp
  • REHN. 1913b. A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:270-292
  • REHN. 1915. A further contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:270-292.
  • GANGWERE & RONDEROS. 1975. A synopsis of food selection in Argentine Acridoidea. Acrida 4:173-194
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