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Omocestus (Dirshius) simonyi (Krauss, 1892)

Purpurarian Grasshopper
Omocestus (Dirshius) simonyi (Krauss, 1892): individual from Lanzarote. (Otu).
Omocestus (Dirshius) simonyi (Krauss, 1892): individual from Lanzarote. (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Stenobothrus simonyi Krauss, 1892: 166.

    Syntype; 2a4a856b-8bf6-4361-ae9d-a1709e28ada3; Spain: Islas Canarias: Lanzarote

  • Omocestus simonyi (Krauss, 1892) in Kirby, 1910: 174.
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  • Omocestus simonyi (Krauss, 1892) in Ragge, 1986: 246.
  • Omocestus (Dirshius) simonyi (Krauss, 1892) in Storozhenko & Lapteva, 2023: 25.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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
  • Krauss, H.A. (1892) Systematisches Verzeichnis der canarischen Dermapteren und Orthopteren mit Diagnosen der neuen Gattungen und Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 15, 163–171. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37585#page/513/mode/1up
  • Kruseman, G. & Jeekel, C.A.W. (1972) Orthoptera from the Canary Islands collected by Dr. G.L. van Eyndhoven. Entomologische Berichten, 32, 24–25. Available at http://natuurtijdschriften.nl/pub/1013545
  • Ragge, D.R. (1986) The songs of the western European grasshoppers of the genus Omocestus in relation to their taxonomy (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 53(4), 213–249. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis53entolond
  • 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]

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Named after the collector of the specimens.

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