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Orthacris (Orthacris) comorensis Singh & Kevan, 1965

CollectionObject 1518359; d5b911a5-1167-42b7-914a-fee639012684: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518359; d5b911a5-1167-42b7-914a-fee639012684: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518359; d5b911a5-1167-42b7-914a-fee639012684: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518359; d5b911a5-1167-42b7-914a-fee639012684: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571001; 7d76efb5-993c-4226-a6c5-a178af698431: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571001; 7d76efb5-993c-4226-a6c5-a178af698431: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571001; 7d76efb5-993c-4226-a6c5-a178af698431: female, labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Orthacris (Orthacris) comorensis Singh & Kevan, 1965: 372.

    Holotype; male; d5b911a5-1167-42b7-914a-fee639012684; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: Tamil Nadu: Tirunelveli District, Dohnavur

  • Orthacris (Orthacris) comorensis Singh & Kevan, 1965 in Kevan, 1977: 76.
  • Orthacris (Orthacris) comorensis Singh & Kevan, 1965 in Shishodia, Chandra & Gupta, 2010: 126.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf
  • Singh, A. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1965) The genus Orthacris Bolivar, 1884, and its allies (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 117, 367–416.

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