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Species

Austroicetes cruciata (Saussure, 1888)

Small Plague Locust

Nomenclature (19)

  • Dittopternis cruciata Saussure, 1888: 45.

    Holotype; female; 928dfad7-e43a-4f28-8a76-a6c421cb2f05; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Australia: South Australia: Gawler

  • Chortoicetes jungi Brancsik, 1897

    Syntype; female; a238d97c-ccc1-4a1e-ad7d-8d997bb7181f; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Australia: South Australia: Yorketown

  • Austroicetes cruciata (Saussure, 1888) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 364, 395.
  • Austroicetes cruciata (Saussure, 1888) in Hollier, 2012: 227.

References (15)

  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (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
  • Brancsik, K. (1897) Series Orthopterorum novorum. Jahresheft des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines des Trencsiner Comitates, 19–20, 52–85, tab. I–III.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]
  • Newman, L.J. (1937) Grasshopper plague (Austroicetes jungi). Journal of the Deptartment of Agriculture of Western Australia, (2)14(1), 24–28.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1938) The regional and seasonal incidence of grasshopper plagues in Australia. Australian CSIRO Bulletin, 117, 1–87.
  • Weidner, H. (1952) Heuschreckenprobleme in Australien. Zeitschrift für Pflanzenkrankheiten (Pflanzenpathologie) und Pflanzenschutz, 59, 323–326.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1954) The taxonomy, phases and distribution of the genera Chortoicetes Brunn. and Austroicetes Uv. (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1–237 pp.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1959) The ecology and biogeography of Australian grasshoppers and locusts. Biogeography & Ecology Australia, 192–210.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Hunter, D.M., Walker, P.W. & Elder, R.J. (2001) Adaptations of locusts and grasshoppers to the low and variable rainfall of Australia. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 10(2), 347–351. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282001%29010%5B0347%3AAOLAGT%5D2.0.CO%3B2
  • Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, v-ix, 1–419.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1056