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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Arminda canariensis Morales-Agacino, 1941

Splendid Rock Grasshopper
Arminda canariensis Morales-Agacino, 1941: photo: H. Lopez. female. (Otu).
Arminda canariensis Morales-Agacino, 1941: photo: H. Lopez. female. (Otu).
Arminda canariensis Morales-Agacino, 1941: Individual from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). (Otu).
Arminda canariensis Morales-Agacino, 1941: male and female from Gran Canaria (Canary Islands). (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Arminda (Chopardminda) canariensis Morales-Agacino, 1941: 368.

    Holotype; male; 7b24dbc6-2d23-49c7-a3b3-b926e7f2cdfe; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Spain: Islas Canarias: Grand Canary, Agaete

  • Arminda (Chopardminda) canariensis Morales-Agacino, 1941 in Johnston, 1956: 264.
  • Chopardminda canariensis (Morales-Agacino, 1941) in Otte, 1995: 292.
  • Arminda canariensis Morales-Agacino, 1941 in Hochkirch & Görzig, 2009: 194.

References (7)

  • Morales-Agacino, E. (1941) Descripción de un subgénero nuevo de Locustidae y algunos datos sobre Blattidae y Gryllacridae. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 17, 367–377. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/148017
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Herrera, L. (1982) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Spain. Series Entomologica, 22, 1–162.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Hochkirch, A. & Görzig, Y. (2009) Colonization and speciation on volcanic islands: phylogeography of the flightless grasshopper genus Arminda (Orthoptera, Acrididae) on the Canary Islands. Systematic Entomology, 34, 188–197. Available at http://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/fb6/prof/BIO/Hochkirch___Goerzig_2009.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

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