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Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773)

Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773): Pl. 43, Fig. 2. figure from Drury 1773. (Otu).
Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773): Pl. 43, Fig. 2. figure from Drury 1773. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501827; 9dfd7a47-db38-4873-8f21-4ce5890ed41c: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501827; 9dfd7a47-db38-4873-8f21-4ce5890ed41c: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501827; 9dfd7a47-db38-4873-8f21-4ce5890ed41c: label. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (25)

  • Gryllus (Acheta) membranaceus Drury, 1773: 81. (valid)

    Holotype; individual; 41f0dba6-8e64-4eec-a3be-a2b90821c70f;

  • Gryllus (Acheta) membranacea Drury, 1773 in Stoll, 1813: 4.
  • Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773) in Baccetti, 2004: 24.
  • Brachytrupes membranaceus (Drury, 1773) in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 86.

References (25)

  • Drury, D. (1773) Illustrations of Natural History, Wherein are exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Twenty Figures of Exotic Insects. London, Vol. 2. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40637912?fbclid=IwAR0lQmPeM0bz_WXE0vdyDeIkeGpQXLdb8RoBsNyD6jTvlL29wPfjgqPv-hI#page/10/mode/1up
  • Stoll, C. (1813) Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des spectres ou phasmes, des mantes, des sauterelles, des grillons, des criquets et des blattes. J. Sepp, Amsterdam. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/281654#page/7/mode/1up
  • Westwood, J.O. (1837) New Edition. In Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Containing Upward of Six Hundred and Fifty Figures and Descriptions of Foreign Insects Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections on their Nature and Properties. London. Vols. 1-3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82229#page/9/mode/1up
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Schaum, H.R. (1862) Orthoptera. Geradflügler. In Naturwissenschaftliche Reise nach Mossambique auf Befehl seiner Majestät des Königs Friedrich Wilhelm IV in den Jahren 1842 bis 1848 ausgeführt. Georg Reimer, Berlin. pp. 107–144. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103636#page/137/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1869) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of North America described previous to 1867. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 8, 89 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=llgtAAAAIAAJ
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1877) Mélanges orthoptérologiques V. fascicule Gryllides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 25(1), 169–504 [1–352]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35307
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Verzeichnis der von Dr. Karl Preuss in Kamerun gesammelten Grillen. Entomologische Nachrichten, 19(13), 199–204. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/81937#page/211/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1897) Intorno ad alcuni Ortotteri raccolti dal Rev. L. Jalla a kazungula (Alto Zambesi). Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 12(290), 1–12. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=4L0WAAAAYAAJ
  • Schulthess, A.von (1898) Orthoptères du Pays des Somalis, recueillis par L. Robecchi-Brichetti en 1891 et par le Prince E. Ruspoli en 1892-93. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 39, 161–216. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33431#page/169/mode/1up
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1899) Orthoptera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagaskar und Ostafrika in den Jahren 1889-95 von Dr. A. Voeltzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21, 567–664. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85045#page/613/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1900) Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Kamerun 7. Mantodeen, Phasmodeen und Gryllodeen aus Kamerun und anderen Gegenden Westafrikas. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 25(6), 1-. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48623#page/241/mode/1up
  • Krauss, H.A. (1901) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Orthopteren Deutsch-Südwestafrikas. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 51, 281–293. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49946
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1901) The Acrididae, Tettigonidae and Gryllidae collected by Dr. A. Donaldson Smith in Northeast Africa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 53, 370–382. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38485
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Alphabetical index to North American Orthoptera described in the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, 6, 1–436. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31824#page/15/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1912) Zur Orthopterenfauna des Kamerungebirges. Arkiv för Zoologi, 7(37), 1–30, pl. 1–3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30233#page/857/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1917) Ergebnisse der Forschungsreise des Herrn Dr. Adalbert Klaptocz nach Französisch Guinea. Orthoptera und Oothecaria. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 40(1-2), 119–146. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37614
  • Chopard, L. (1925) Liste des Gryllides recuellis par M. Paul Chabanaud en Afrique occidentale. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 31, 442–445. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/212974#page/488/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1962) Gryllinae (Orthoptera) in the Linnean Collection, London. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, 173, 129–131, Pl. 1.
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 1–213.
  • Townsend, B.C. (1980) A taxonomic study of two similar species of Teleogryllus (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Journal of Natural History, 14, 153–162.
  • Otte, D., Toms, R.B. & Cade, W.H. (1988) New species and records of east and southern African crickets (Orthoptera: Gryllidae: Gryllinae). Annale van die Transvaal Museum, 34(19), 405–468. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/nfi_annalstm/34/19/AJA00411752_1043
  • Baccetti, B. (2004) Notulae Orthopterologicae. 53. Interesting reports from the Ivory Coast. Redia, 86, 23–33.
  • Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C.L. & Weaving, A. (2005) Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa, 444 pp.

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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Species1078