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Acrida formosana Steinmann, 1963

Taiwan Cone-headed Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: male head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: male head and torax, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: male tip of abdomen, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: male tip of abdomen, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538219; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Acrida formosana Steinmann, 1963: 422.

    Holotype; male; 5884eb50-cf75-4c3d-82f3-91c474465706; deposited at: Hungarian Natural History Museum , Budapest, Hungary (Termeszettudomanyi Muzeum) (HNHM); Taiwan: [Formosa]

  • Acrida formosana Steinmann, 1963 in Yin & Xia, 2003: 228.
  • Acrida formosana Steinmann, 1963 in Gupta & Chandra, 2018: 138.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Gupta, S.K. & Chandra, K. (2018) Two new species of slant-faced grasshopper genus Acrida (Acrididae: Acridinae) from India. Halteres, 9, 131–140. Available at http://www.antdiversityindia.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/docs/Two_new_species_of_Acrida_upload.15833159.pdf
  • Steinmann, H. (1963) New species of the genus Acrida L. (Orthoptera) from Africa and Asia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 9, 403–427.
  • Yin, X.-C. & Xia, K.-L. (2003) Orthoptera Acridoidea. Supplement Gomphoceridae and Acrididae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 32(supplement), 1–280.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to type locality in Taiwan, formely named Formosa.

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