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species Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968

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  specimen

• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
  • Specimens in MNHN Paris
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Feeding only on palm trees endemic to Mauritius.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (7):
  • Descamps. 1968. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 73:32   >> Pyrgacris relictus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46180
  • Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects 74 >> Pyrgacris relictus
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1976. S. Afr. J. Sci. 72:318 >> Note: emendation of name >> Pyrgacris relicta
  • Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:29 >> Pyrgacris relicta
  • Hugel. 2005. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 110(2):153-159   >> Note: "relicta" is unjustified emendation, noun in apposition does not have to agree in gender [ICZN Art. 34.2.1] >> Pyrgacris relictus
  • Hugel. 2014. Zootaxa 3900(3):399–414 >> Pyrgacris relictus
  • Hugel. 2015. J. Insect Conservation 19:87–96 >> Pyrgacris relictus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Mauritius, Port Louis District, Le Pouce
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  MNHN Paris

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