Species

Omocestus (Dirshius) africanus Harz, 1970

Nomenclature (6)

Omocestus raymondi africanus Harz, 1970: 59.
Holotype; male; 78ae3e5c-0b30-49c9-87f0-870d8df2d298; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Morocco: Arround
Omocestus raymondi africanus Harz, 1970 in La Greca, 1994: 211.

Omocestus africanus Harz, 1970 in Hollier & Bruckner, 2015: 196.
Omocestus (Dirshius) africanus Harz, 1970 in Storozhenko & Lapteva, 2023: 25.

Harz, K. (1970) Orthopterologische Beiträge 8. Nachrichtblatt der Bayerischen Entomologen, 19, 56–59.
La Greca, M. (1994) Ortotteri italiani nuovi o poco noti. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana, 72, 211–220.

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
Storozhenko, S.Y. & Lapteva, S.V. (2023) To the knowledge of the genus Omocestus I. Bolivar, 1878 (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Russian Entomological Society, 94, 23–26. [in Russian]

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Reference to distribution in northern Africa.

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	2	3