Species

Omocestus (Dirshius) defauti Sardet & Braud, 2007

Defaut's Grasshopper

Nomenclature (3)

Omocestus defauti Sardet & Braud, 2007: 340.
Holotype; male; 23551aca-5a5d-4c0f-911b-9a43fcc39912; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); France: Corse: Olmeta-di-Tuda, Mont Pinzali
Omocestus defauti Sardet & Braud, 2007 in Defaut, 2014: 16.

Omocestus (Dirshius) defauti Sardet & Braud, 2007 in Storozhenko & Lapteva, 2023: 25.

Defaut, B. (2014) Biométrie des types des caelifères de France (Orthoptera) 4. Mensurations chez les Acrididae Gomphocerinae. - 5. Corrections et suppléments. Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 19, 5–56.
Sardet, E. & Braud, Y. (2007) Omocestus defauti n. sp. de Corse (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 112(3), 339–348. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2007_num_112_3_16443

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:

Named after the French grasshopper specialist Bernard Defaut.

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	1	2