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Species

Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948

Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948: Fig. 297. male, head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948: Fig. 297. male, head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948: Fig. 293. male, head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948: Fig. 292. male, head, facial view. (Otu).
Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948: Fig. 296. spermatheca. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1523710; 1138753e-000d-494d-956b-869fe865e4a8: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523710; 1138753e-000d-494d-956b-869fe865e4a8: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523710; 1138753e-000d-494d-956b-869fe865e4a8: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523710; 1138753e-000d-494d-956b-869fe865e4a8: Plate I. 17. male (holotype), lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523710; 1138753e-000d-494d-956b-869fe865e4a8: Plate I, 18. male (holotype), dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1525161; 7cf932ac-7a4a-4439-ae7d-351553498761: Fig. 1. female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1525161; 7cf932ac-7a4a-4439-ae7d-351553498761: Fig. 2. female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948: 18.

    Holotype; male; 1138753e-000d-494d-956b-869fe865e4a8; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: California: San Bernardino: Mohave Desert, Highway 138

  • Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948 in Rehn, 1955: 126.
  • Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948 in Strohecker, Middlekauff & Rentz, 1968: 20.
  • Mohavacris timberlakei Rehn, 1948 in Otte, 1994: 144.

References (8)

  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1948) The locust genus Tanaocerus as found in the United States, and the description of a related new genus (Orthoptera, Acridoidea). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 100, 1–22, 1 pl.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1955) The female sex of Mohavacris (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Eumastacidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 81, 125–129.
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1955) Description of the female of Mohavacris timberlakei in a new family and subfamily of the Acridoidea. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 54, 156–160. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/106883#page/532/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Grant, H.J., Jr. (1960) Distributional records and notes on the family Tanaoceridae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Notulae Naturae, 334, 1–6. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=bGYrPWXM3GcC
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Grant, H.J., Jr. (1961) A monograph of the Orthoptera of North America (north of Mexico). Volume 1. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 12, 1–255.
  • Grant, P.R. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1967) A biosystematic review of the family Tanaoceridae including a comparative study of the proventriculus (Orthoptera: Tanaoceridae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 43, 65–74. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/227891#page/67/mode/1up
  • Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 2. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A Eumastacoidea Trigonopterygoidea Pneumoroidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 162 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

This species is dedicated to Dr. and Mrs. P. H. Timberlake, who collected the unique type. Dr. Timberlake advised the author the type was not swept from vegetation, but that Mrs. Timberlake picked up this specimen with her fingers.

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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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