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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Gastrimargus africanus (Saussure, 1888)

CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: label. cotype. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: label. cotype. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: lateral view. female (cotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: front view. female (cotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: dorsal view. female (cotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2706321; CNMS 6, CNMS 6, b14902b8-2334-4a0b-9e82-91bc20de013c: ventral view. female (cotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Oedaleus (Gastrimargus) marmoratus var. africana Saussure, 1888: 39.
  • Gastrimargus africanus (Saussure, 1888) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 134.

References (2)

  • de Saussure, H. (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to distribution in Africa.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012
Subspecies401014