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Pseudorhynchus lessonii Serville, 1838

Lesson's Mimicking Snout nose
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male, lateral view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male, lateral view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male head and pronotum, lateral view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male tegmen (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male, dorsal view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male face (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male, lateral view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male, lateral view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male head and pronotum, dorsal view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male tegmen (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: male, ventral view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516868; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1: labels (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516869; a8c5140c-c02c-4dde-a00a-d7afdaabc0ec: male nymph, dorsal view (holotype of Conocephalus alienus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516869; a8c5140c-c02c-4dde-a00a-d7afdaabc0ec: male nymph, lateral view (holotype of Conocephalus alienus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516869; a8c5140c-c02c-4dde-a00a-d7afdaabc0ec: male nymph, ventral view (holotype of Conocephalus alienus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516870; 612c0967-fdf2-40c7-ab49-e6f03e4ad9b8: female, dorsal view (holotype of Conocephalus extensor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516870; 612c0967-fdf2-40c7-ab49-e6f03e4ad9b8: female face (holotype of Conocephalus extensor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516870; 612c0967-fdf2-40c7-ab49-e6f03e4ad9b8: female, lateral view (holotype of Conocephalus extensor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516870; 612c0967-fdf2-40c7-ab49-e6f03e4ad9b8: female subgenital plate (holotype of Conocephalus extensor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516870; 612c0967-fdf2-40c7-ab49-e6f03e4ad9b8: female, ventral view (holotype of Conocephalus extensor). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (31)

  • Pseudorhynchus lessonii Serville, 1838: 511.

    Neotype; male; ed7ea1a0-3e4d-42ae-acb4-67bda48283a1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Conocephalus roberti Le Guillou, 1841: 294.

    Syntype; 3364ddc0-653f-4c5a-a76f-0942bd33e39e; Tonga: Pacific: Friendly and Navigators Island

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  • Conocephalus longiceps Redtenbacher, 1891 (subjective synonym of Pseudorhynchus lessonii Serville, 1838) in Otte, 1997: 66.
  • Pseudorhynchus lessonii Serville, 1838 in Rentz, 2010: 100.

References (20)

  • Bailey, W.J. (1980) A review of Australian Copiphorini (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 27, 1015–1049. [1979] Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/fiji/pdf/bailey1979.pdf
  • Chopard, L. (1929) Orthoptera. In Insects of Samoa and other Samoan terrestrial Arthropoda. British Museum, London. Vol. 1, Issue 2, 9–58 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137691#page/3/mode/1up
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  • Hebard, M. (1933) Additional Notes on the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the Marquesas. Bulletin of the Bishop Museum, 142, 143–148. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull142-143.pdf
  • Hebard, M. (1933) Dermaptera and Orthoptera from the Society islands. Bulletin of the Bishop Museum, 113, 57–65. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull113-57.pdf
  • Hebard, M. (1933) The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of the Marquesas Islands. Bulletin of the Bishop Museum, 114, 105–140. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pubs-online/pdf/bull114-105.pdf
  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1968) Ergebnisse der österreichischen Neukalendonien-Expedition 1965. Neue und wenig bekannte Orthopteren aus Neukaledonien. I. Mantodea, Saltatoria (exclus. Gryllodea) und Dermaptera. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 72, 539–556. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/ANNA_72_0539-0556.pdf
  • Kaltenbach, A.P. (1976) Ergebnisse der österreichischen Neukaledonien-Expedition 1965. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der ökologischen Verteilung der Orthopteroidea und Dictyoptera Neukaledoniens. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 80, 657–667. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_80_0657-0667.pdf
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4(3), 1–114. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=29695
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera. Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Copiphorinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 139, 50 pp., 6 pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138357#page/7/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1926) Beiträge zur malayischen Orthopterenfauna XV. Die Conocephalinen (s. l.) des Buitenzorger Museums. Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 9(1-3), 162–254.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1900) Orthoptera. In A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). London. pp. 141–153. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/67273#page/9/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
  • Le Guillou, E.J.F. (1841) Description des orthoptères nouveaux, recueillis pendant son voyage de circumnavigation sur la corvette la Zélée. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 291–295.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1891) Monographie der Conocephaliden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 41, 315–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49919#page/459/mode/1up
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson, J. (1979) Catalogue of Australian Tettigoniidae. CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 15, 1–24.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1988) The orthopteroid insects of Norfolk Island, with descriptions and records of some related species from Lord Howe Island, South Pacific. Invertebrate Taxonomy, 2(8), 1013–1077.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (2010) A Guide to the Katydids of Australia. CSIRO Publishing, 214 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=Gd8CM_wn7pMC
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

A specimen of comte Dejean's collection came with Lesson's name in Latreille's handwriting.

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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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