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Minyacris nana (Sjöstedt, 1921)

Tiny Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1507190; b82e3fbf-7149-4909-b89f-ac083013b5ee: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507190; b82e3fbf-7149-4909-b89f-ac083013b5ee: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507190; b82e3fbf-7149-4909-b89f-ac083013b5ee: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507190; b82e3fbf-7149-4909-b89f-ac083013b5ee: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507190; b82e3fbf-7149-4909-b89f-ac083013b5ee: female, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507190; b82e3fbf-7149-4909-b89f-ac083013b5ee: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Phaulacridium nanum Sjöstedt, 1921: 202.

    Holotype; female; 09d7407f-b434-4e51-9ea2-a51e376295c2; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia: New South Wales: Sydney

  • Phaulacridium nanum Sjöstedt, 1921 in Uvarov, 1930
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  • Minyacris nana (Sjöstedt, 1921) in Rentz, 1996: 186 Pl.303.
  • Minyacris nana (Sjöstedt, 1921) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 206, 382.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Key, K.H.L. (1959) The ecology and biogeography of Australian grasshoppers and locusts. Biogeography & Ecology Australia, 192–210.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
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  • Key, K.H.L. (1992) Taxonomy of the genus Phaulacridium and a related new genus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Invertebrate Taxonomy, 6(1), 197–243.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) In A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. v-ix, 1–419.
  • 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]
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1930) Synonymic notes on Australian Acrididae (Orth.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 598–603.
  • Weidner, H. & Wagner, W. (1968) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg VII. Teil. Insecta IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65, 123–179. Available at http://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/sammlungen/zoologie/entomologie/typenkatalog/weidner-1968-caelifera-homoptera.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to small size.

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