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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Heliastus obesus Saussure, 1884

CollectionObject 1506350; b4c741d8-5030-4a52-831d-54057cebbfc7: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506350; b4c741d8-5030-4a52-831d-54057cebbfc7: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506350; b4c741d8-5030-4a52-831d-54057cebbfc7: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (holotype or syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Heliastus obesus Saussure, 1884: 214.

    Syntype; female; b4c741d8-5030-4a52-831d-54057cebbfc7; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); South America, Brazil?

  • Heliastus obesus Saussure, 1884 in Kirby, 1910: 270.
  • Heliastus obesus Saussure, 1884 in Hollier, 2012: 244.

References (3)

  • de Saussure, H. (1884) Prodromus Oedipodiorum, Insectorum ex Ordine Orthopterorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 28(9), 1–254, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38465
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(2), 215–260. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183707#page/71/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660

Descendants and synonyms

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