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Rhacocleis derrai Harz, 1983

Cretan Bush-cricket
CollectionObject 1505834; a49006d4-9c2c-464f-9172-da8fd6f845e0: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505834; a49006d4-9c2c-464f-9172-da8fd6f845e0: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505834; a49006d4-9c2c-464f-9172-da8fd6f845e0: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505834; a49006d4-9c2c-464f-9172-da8fd6f845e0: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505834; a49006d4-9c2c-464f-9172-da8fd6f845e0: male cerci (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505834; a49006d4-9c2c-464f-9172-da8fd6f845e0: male titillators (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505834; a49006d4-9c2c-464f-9172-da8fd6f845e0: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Rhacocleis derrai Harz, 1983: 13.

    Holotype; male; a49006d4-9c2c-464f-9172-da8fd6f845e0; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Greece: Crete: Lasithi, 3 km N Maronia, S Sitia

  • Rhacocleis derrai Harz, 1983 in Willemse, 1985: 25.
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  • Rhacocleis derrai Harz, 1983 in Willemse, Kleukers & Odé, 2018: 244.
  • Rhacocleis derrai Harz, 1983 in Kotitsa, Chobanov, Trichas & Mylonas, 2025: 154.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Harz, K. (1983) Eine neue Rhacocleis-Art auf Kreta (Orth., Decticinae). Articulata, 2(2), 13–14. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de/downloads/articulata/articulata_II_1982_1984/harz_1983a.pdf
  • Hollier, J.A. & Bruckner, H. (2015) An annotated list of the orthopteroid insects described by Kurt Harz, with an account of the type specimens held in the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 122(2), 185–200. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/274312#page/11/mode/1up
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  • Kotitsa, N., Chobanov, D.P., Trichas, A. & Mylonas, M. (2025) New and noteworthy records of Orthoptera (Insecta) from Crete (Greece) and its satellite islets. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa,” 68(1), 143–217. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.68.e151701
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & Willemse, L. (2005) Rhacocleis Fieber 1853 and Pterolepis Rambur 1838, distinct species groups or not? Journal of Orthoptera Research, 14(2), 261–269. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282005%2914%5B261%3ARFAPRD%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Willemse, F.M.H. & Willemse, L. (2008) An annotated checklist of the Orthoptera-Saltatoria from Greece including an updated bibliography. Articulata Beiheft, 13.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1985) Supplementary notes on the Orthoptera of Greece. Fauna Graeciae I., 1a, 1–47.
  • Willemse, L., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2018) The Grasshoppers of Greece. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, 440 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after Georg Derra who discovered the species.

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