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superfamily
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
family
Pyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
subfamily
Pyrgomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
tribe Dictyophorini Kirby, 1902
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38066
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (8):
Kevan, D.K.M. & Knipper. 1961. Geradflügler aus Ostafrika (Orthopteroida, Dermapteroida und Blattopteroida). Beiträge zur Entomologie 11(3-4):371
Kevan, D.K.M. 1964. Pamphagidae Burmeister, 1840, and Pyrgomorphiae Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874: proposed addition to the official List of Family-Group Names in Zoology, and further proposals arising therefrom (Insecta: Orthoptera). Z.N. (S). 1650. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (Bull. Zool. Nomencl.) 21(5):382
>> Note: Dictyophorini Kirby, 1902
Kevan, D.K.M. & Akbar. 1964. The Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), their systematics, tribal divisions and distribution. Canadian Entomologist (Canadian Ent.) 96(12):1525 >> Note: Dictyophorini
Kevan, D.K.M. 1969. The type-species of Poekilocerus Audinet-Serville, 1831 and Zonocerus Stal, 1873 (Insecta, Orthoptera, Pyrgomorphidae) and revised proposals in respect of associated family-group names Z.N.(S.) 1650. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (Bull. Zool. Nomencl.) 26:75
>> Note: request to place on official list of family-group names
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 62 >> Note: Dictyophorinae
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:304 >> Note: Dictyophorini
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:62 >> Note: Pyrgomorphinae: Dictyophorini
Zahid, Mariño-Pérez & H. Song. 2021. Molecular phylogeny of the grasshopper family Pyrgomorphidae (Caelifera, Orthoptera) reveals rampant paraphyly and convergence of traditionally used taxonomic characters. Zootaxa 4969(1):107 >> Note: monophyletic
Type genus:
Dictyophorus
Thunberg, 1815; priority for family-group names based on
Dictyophorus
dates from Dictyophorinae Kirby, W.F., 1902
synonym
Dictyophori
Kirby, 1902
Citations:
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 123 >> Note: Dictyophori
Type genus:
Dictyophorus
Thunberg, 1815; priority for family-group names based on
Dictyophorus
dates from Dictyophorinae Kirby, W.F., 1902. First use as Dictyophori by Johnston, H.B., 1956.
synonym
Dictyophorinae
Kirby, 1902
Citations:
Kirby, W.F. 1902. List of a small collection of orthopterous insects formed by Sir Harry Johnston in British East Africa and Uganda in 1899 and 1900, with descriptions of five new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (Proc. zool. Soc. London) 1902(1):93-101
Type genus:
Dictyophorus
Thunberg, 1815; priority for family-group names based on
Dictyophorus
dates from Dictyophorinae Kirby, W.F., 1902. First use as Dictyophorinae by Kirby, W.F., 1902.
genus
Camoensia
Bolívar, 1882
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (10):
Bolívar, I. 1882[1881]. Etudes sur les insectes d'Angola qui trouvent au Muséum national de Lisbonne. Orthoptères. Jornal de sciências mathemáticas, physicas e naturaes (Ser. 1) (J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa (Ser. 1)) 8:3, 111
>>
Camoensia
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38296
Bolívar, I. 1884. Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 13:486
>>
Camoensia
Bolívar, I. 1904. Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). II. Sphenariinae, III. Tapesinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.) 4:308
>>
Camoensia
Rehn, J.A.G. 1953. Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 79(3):118 >>
Comoensia
subsequent misspelling
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:511173
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 123 >> Note: Pyrgomorphinae: Dictyophori >>
Camoensia
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:91 >>
Camoensia
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 62 >> Note: Dictyophorinae >>
Camoensia
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:322 >>
Camoensia
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:62 >> Note: Dictyophorini >>
Camoensia
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 126 >>
Camoensia
Type species:
Camoensia insignis
Bolívar, I. (=
insignis insignis
)
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
synonym
Comoensia
Rehn, 1953
Citations:
Rehn, J.A.G. 1953. Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 79(3):118 >>
Comoensia
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:511173
Type species information not available.
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
species
insignis
Bolívar, 1882
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations:
Bolívar, I. 1882[1881]. Etudes sur les insectes d'Angola qui trouvent au Muséum national de Lisbonne. Orthoptères. Jornal de sciências mathemáticas, physicas e naturaes (Ser. 1) (J. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat., Lisboa (Ser. 1)) 8:107-19
>>
Camoensia
insignis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38297
See subspecies
insignis
for additional information.
genus
Dictyophorus
Thunberg, 1815
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (12):
Thunberg. 1815. Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg (Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Peterburg) 5:214, 217, 258
>>
Dictyophorus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38171
Stål. 1876. Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kungliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (Bihang Kungl. Svenska Vet. Akad. Handl.) 4(5):38
>>
Dictyophorus
Kirby, W.F. 1890. On the employment of names proposed for genera of Orthoptera, previous to 1840. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society (Sci. Proc. R. Dublin Soc.) 6:589
>>
Dictyophorus
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):304
>>
Dictyophorus
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 123 >> Note: Dictyophori >>
Dictyophorus
Jago. 1964. Aspects of the ecology and distribution of grasshoppers in Ghana as a contribution to the zoogeography of West Africa. Journal of the West African Science Association (J. W. Afr. Sci. Ass.) 8(2):190 >>
Dictyophorus
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:93 >>
Dictyophorus
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 62 >> Note: Dictyophorinae >>
Dictyophorus
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:320 >>
Dictyophorus
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:62 >> Note: Dictyophorini >>
Dictyophorus
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 232 >>
Dictyophorus
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 70 >>
Dictyophorus
See subgenus
Dictyophorus
for additional information.
subgenus
Dictyophorus
Thunberg, 1815
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (7):
Thunberg. 1815. Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg (Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Peterburg) 5:214, 217, 258
>>
Dictyophorus
Kevan, D.K.M. 1953. The generic name Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815 (Orth. Acrididae). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 89:103-105 >>
Dictyophorus
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 124 >>
Dictyophorus
(
Dictyophorus
)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38257
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:320, 322 >>
Dictyophorus
Johnsen. 1990. Thericleidae, Charilaidae, Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Pauliniidae, Acrididae: Hemiacridinae, Tropidopolinae, Coptacridinae, Calliptaminae, Euryphyminae, Eyprepocnemidinae. The Acridoidea of Botswana (Acridoidea of Botswana) 1:70 >>
Dictyophorus
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:63 >>
Dictyophorus
(
Dictyophorus
)
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 70 >>
Dictyophorus
See genus
Dictyophorus
for additional information.
Type species:
Gryllus spumans
Thunberg (=
Dictyophorus spumans spumans
), by subsequent designation; authority: Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):674 pp.
The first family-group name based on this genus is Dictyophorinae Kirby, W.F., 1902.
subgenus
Tapesiella
Kevan, 1953
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (5):
Kevan, D.K.M. 1953. The generic name Dictyophorus Thunberg, 1815 (Orth. Acrididae). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 89:104 >>
Dictyophorus
(
Tapesiella
)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38172
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 126 >>
Dictyophorus
(
Tapesiella
)
Dirsh. 1962. Synonymic notes on African Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines (Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr.) 65:81 >> Note: synonym >>
Dictyophorus
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:328 >>
Dictyophorus
(
Tapesiella
)
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:64 >>
Dictyophorus
(
Tapesiella
)
Type species:
Petasia grisea
Reiche, L.J. & Fairmaire (=
Dictyophorus griseus griseus
)
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
genus
Loveridgacris
Rehn, 1954
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (9):
Rehn, J.A.G. 1954. Replacement of a preoccupied generic name (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Entomological News (Entomol. News) 65(5):128
>>
Loveridgacris
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38156
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 131 >> Note: Dictyophori >>
Parapetasia
(
Loveridgacris
)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38157
Kevan, D.K.M. 1962. Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) collected in Africa by E. S. Ross and R. E. Leech, 1957-1958, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.) 4 31:229
>>
Parapetasia
(
Loveridgeacris
) subsequent misspelling
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:478709
Akbar & D.K.M. Kevan. 1964[1963]. Two subgenera of Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea) raised to generic status on the basis of their phallic structures. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 99:90 >>
Loveridgacris
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:95 >>
Loveridgacris
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:318 >>
Loveridgacris
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:67 >> Note: Dictyophorini >>
Loveridgacris
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 380 >>
Loveridgacris
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 72 >>
Loveridgacris
Type species:
Petasia impotens
Karsch, inherited from replaced name
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
synonym
Loveridgea
Rehn, 1953
Citations (5):
Rehn, J.A.G. 1953. Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 79(3):120, 124 >>
Parapetasia
(
Loveridgea
)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38159
Rehn, J.A.G. 1954. Replacement of a preoccupied generic name (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Entomological News (Entomol. News) 65(5):128
>> Note: new name >>
Loveridgacris
Akbar & D.K.M. Kevan. 1964[1963]. Two subgenera of Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea) raised to generic status on the basis of their phallic structures. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 99:90 >> Note: synonym >>
Loveridgacris
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:319 >> Note: synonym >>
Loveridgacris
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:67 >> Note: synonym >>
Loveridgacris
Type species:
Petasia impotens
Karsch, by original designation
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
synonym
Loveridgeacris
Kevan, 1962
Citations:
Kevan, D.K.M. 1962. Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) collected in Africa by E. S. Ross and R. E. Leech, 1957-1958, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.) 4 31:229
>>
Parapetasia
(
Loveridgeacris
)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:478709
Type species information not available.
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
species
impotens
(Karsch, 1888)
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Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (13):
Karsch. 1888. Beiträge zu Bolivar's Monografia de los Pirgomorfinos. Entomologische Nachrichten (Entom. Nachricht.) 14(21):360
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Petasia
impotens
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38162
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):308
>>
Parapetasia
impotens
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38163
Sjöstedt. 1918. Neue Orthopteren aus Afrika und Madagaskar. Arkiv för Zoologi (Ark. Zool.) 12(1):8
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Parapetasia
impotens
Rehn, J.A.G. 1953. Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 79(3):124, 125 >>
Parapetasia
(
Loveridgea
)
impotens
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 132 >>
Parapetasia
(
Loveridgacris
)
impotens
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38165
Dirsh. 1956. The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 108(7):273 >>
Parapetasia
impotens
Kevan, D.K.M. 1962. Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) collected in Africa by E. S. Ross and R. E. Leech, 1957-1958, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.) 4 31:229
>>
Parapetasia
(
Loveridgeacris
)
impotens
Akbar & D.K.M. Kevan. 1964[1963]. Two subgenera of Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea) raised to generic status on the basis of their phallic structures. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 99:90 >>
Loveridgacris
impotens
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38161
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 124 >>
Parapetasia
impotens
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:95 >>
Parapetasia
impotens
Johnsen & Forchhammer. 1975. Checklist of the Acridomorpha of Tanzania (Insecta: Orthoptera). Natura Jutlandica 18:37 >>
Parapetasia
impotens
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:319 >>
Loveridgacris
impotens
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 72 >>
Loveridgacris
impotens
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, East Tropical Africa, Tanzania, Usegna
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
genus
Maura
Stål, 1873
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (12):
Stål. 1873. Acridiodea. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg, Stockholm 1:20
>>
Maura
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38081
Bolívar, I. 1884. Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 13:478
>>
Maura
Brues & Melander. 1932. Classification of insects: A key to the known families of insects and other terrestrial arthropods. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College (Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard Univ.) 73:57
>>
Maura
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 132 >> Note: Dictyophori >>
Maura
Jago. 1964. Aspects of the ecology and distribution of grasshoppers in Ghana as a contribution to the zoogeography of West Africa. Journal of the West African Science Association (J. W. Afr. Sci. Ass.) 8(2):190 >>
Maura
Uvarov. 1966. Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology, Cambridge University Press, London 1:36 >>
Maura
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:91 >>
Maura
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 62 >> Note: Dictyophorinae >>
Maura
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:308 >>
Maura
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:68 >> Note: Dictyophorini >>
Maura
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 390 >>
Maura
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 76 >>
Maura
Type species:
Petasia rubroornata
Stål, by original designation
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
species
bolivari
Kirby, 1902
Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations:
Kirby, W.F. 1902. Report on a collection of African Locustidae formed by Mr. W. L. Distant, chiefly from the Transvaal. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (Trans. Entomol. Soc. London) 1902:87
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Maura
bolivari
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38082
See subspecies
bolivari
for additional information.
species
lurida
(Fabricius, 1781)
Images: (13)
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specimen
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (22):
Fabricius. 1781. Species Insectorum 1:366
>>
Gryllus
luridus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38142
Gmelin. 1790. Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae 1(4):2076
>>
Gryllus
(
Locusta
)
luridus
Olivier, G.A. 1791. Histoire Naturelle. Insectes. Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes, Paris 6:222
>>
Acrydium
luridum
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38144
Turton. 1802. Gen. Syst. Nat. Linne, London 2:(Ed. 1):561 >>
Gryllus
(
Gryllus
)
luridus
Sherborn. 1902. Index Animalium (Index Anim.) (1):1074 >>
Acridium
luridum
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38146
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):306
>>
Maura
lurida
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38141
Uvarov. 1925[1924]. Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum 4. Identification of the types of Acrididae preserved in the Museum. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London (Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London) 72(3-4):281 >>
Maura
lurida
Rehn, J.A.G. 1953. Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 79(3):119 >>
Maura
lurida
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 134 >>
Maura
lurida
Dirsh. 1959. Missione biologica Sagan-Omodiretta dal Prof. Edoardo Zavattari: Acridoidea. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale (Riv. Biol. colon.) 16:61 >>
Maura
lurida
Kevan, D.K.M. 1962. Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) collected in Africa by E. S. Ross and R. E. Leech, 1957-1958, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.) 4 31:228
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Maura
lurida
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 122 >>
Maura
lurida
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:92 >>
Maura
lurida
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:310 >>
Maura
lurida
COPR (Centre for Overseas Pest Research). 1982. The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual 59 >>
Maura
lurida
Delarze & le Gall. 1989. Quelques observations nouvelles ou interéssantes d'acridiens de Cote d'Ivoire (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie (N.S.) (Nouvelle Revue Ent.) 6(3):277
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Maura
lurida
Roy, R. 2003. Les Acridiens du Nimba et de sa région. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Mém. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. nat.) 190:319
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Maura
lurida
Mestre & Chiffaud. 2006. Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest 188 >>
Maura
lurida
Hemp, C. 2009. Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research (Jour. Orth. Res.) 18(2):193
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Maura
lurida
Hemp, C. 2013. Annotated list of Ensifera (Orthoptera) and further records on Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. Zootaxa 3613(4):335 >>
Maura
lurida
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 76 >>
Maura
lurida
Roy, R. & Mestre. 2020. Les Acridiens de la region des monts Loma (Sierra Leone) (Orthoptera, Caelifera). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France (Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr.) 125(1):82 >>
Maura
lurida
Type specimen information:
Type locality: "Africa aequinoctialis"
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]
species
marshalli
Bolívar, 1904
Images:
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (7):
Bolívar, I. 1904. Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). II. Sphenariinae, III. Tapesinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.) 4:323
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Maura
marshalli
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38140
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 134 >>
Maura
marshalli
Kevan, D.K.M. 1962. Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) collected in Africa by E. S. Ross and R. E. Leech, 1957-1958, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci.) 4 31:227
>>
Maura
marshalli
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 122 >>
Maura
marshalli
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:92 >>
Maura
marshalli
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:312 >>
Maura
marshalli
Johnsen. 1980. New records of shorthorned grasshoppers from Botswana, with a description of Rhodesiana cuneicerca n. sp. (Insecta: Acridomorpha). Botswana Notes & Records 12(1):25
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Maura
marshalli
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, South Tropical Africa, Zimbabwe, Salisbury District [Harare]
Kind of type: unspecified primary type
Specimen category: male
Location of type: UMO United Kingdom, Oxford, University Museum, Hope Entomological Collections
species
rubroornata
(Stål, 1855)
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Ecology:
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Citations (10):
Stål. 1855. Nya Orthoptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger (Ofv. K. Vetensk. Akad. Forh.) 12:352
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Petasia
rubroornata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38107
Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum, London 3:598
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Petasia
rubro-ornata
Gerstaecker. 1873. Acridiodea nonnulla nova insigniora. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung (Stett. Entomol. Z.) 34:188
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Petasia
rubroornatae
Stål. 1873. Acridiodea. Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg, Stockholm 1:20
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Maura
rubro-ornatam
Bolívar, I. 1884. Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 13:480
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Maura
rubro-ornata
Bolívar, I. 1904. Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). II. Sphenariinae, III. Tapesinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Bol. R. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat.) 4:322
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Maura
rubro-ornata
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 135 >>
Maura
rubroornata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38106
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 122 >>
Maura
rubroornata
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:313 >>
Maura
rubroornata
Rowell, C. Hugh Fraser, C. Hemp & Harvey. 2015. Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae 78 >>
Maura
rubroornata
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, Port Natal
Kind of type: unspecified primary type
Specimen category: female
Location of type: NHRS Sweden, Stockholm, Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet
genus
Parapetasia
Bolívar, 1884
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations (11):
Bolívar, I. 1884. Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 13:484
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Parapetasia
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38069
Rehn, J.A.G. 1953. Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 79(3):120 >>
Parapetasia
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 131 >> Note: Dictyophori >>
Parapetasia
(
Parapetasia
)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38070
Akbar & D.K.M. Kevan. 1964[1963]. Two subgenera of Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea) raised to generic status on the basis of their phallic structures. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 99:90 >> Note: synonym >>
Loveridgacris
Jago. 1964. Aspects of the ecology and distribution of grasshoppers in Ghana as a contribution to the zoogeography of West Africa. Journal of the West African Science Association (J. W. Afr. Sci. Ass.) 8(2):190 >>
Parapetasia
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:95 >>
Parapetasia
Johnsen & Forchhammer. 1975. Checklist of the Acridomorpha of Tanzania (Insecta: Orthoptera). Natura Jutlandica 18:37 >>
Parapetasia
Dirsh. 1975. Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects, E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon 62 >> Note: Dictyophorinae >>
Parapetasia
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:317 >>
Parapetasia
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:71 >> Note: Dictyophorini >>
Parapetasia
Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera), China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing 511 >>
Parapetasia
Type species:
Parapetasia femorata
Bolívar, I.
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
species
femorata
Bolívar, 1884
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Citations (14):
Bolívar, I. 1884. Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (An. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat.) 13:485
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Parapetasia
femorata
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38072
Bolívar, I. 1905. Ortópteros acridioideos de la Guinea española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural (Mem. Soc. espan. Hist. nat.) 1:224
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Parapetasia
femorata
Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2):308
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Parapetasia
femorata
Sjöstedt. 1910. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna von Kamerun. Acridiodea. Entomologisk Tidskrift (Ent. Tidskr.) 31:4
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Parapetasia
femorata
Bruner, L. 1920[1919]. Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 13:102
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Parapetasia
femorata
Rehn, J.A.G. 1953. Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society (Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc.) 79(3):121 >>
Parapetasia
(
Parapetasia
)
femorata
Kevan, D.K.M. 1956. Results from the Danish Expedition to the French Cameroons 1949-50: XV. Orthoptera: Acrididae. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN). Série A: Sciences Naturelles (Bull. IFAN (A)) 18(3):960 >>
Parapetasia
femorata
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 131 >>
Parapetasia
(
Parapetasia
)
femorata
Akbar & D.K.M. Kevan. 1964[1963]. Two subgenera of Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea) raised to generic status on the basis of their phallic structures. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (Ent. Monthly Mag.) 99:90 >>
Parapetasia
femorata
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 124 >>
Parapetasia
femorata
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:95 >>
Parapetasia
femorata
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:318 >>
Parapetasia
femorata
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:71 >>
Parapetasia
femorata
Mestre & Chiffaud. 2006. Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest 229 >>
Parapetasia
femorata
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, West-Central Tropical Africa, Gabon, Cameroons, S. Nigeria
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Location of type: NMW Austria, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien
species
rammei
Sjöstedt, 1923
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Ecology:
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Citations (6):
Sjöstedt. 1923[1924]. West- und Südafrikanische Acridiodeen. Arkiv för Zoologi (Ark. Zool.) 15(22):10 >>
Parapetasia
rammei
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:38074
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 132 >>
Parapetasia
(
Loveridgacris
)
rammei
Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea, Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London 125 >>
Parapetasia
rammei
Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers, The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Suppl:95 >>
Parapetasia
rammei
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:318 >>
Parapetasia
femorata
Seino & Njoya. 2018. Species diversity of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) grasshoppers in the north west region of Cameroon. International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences (Int. J. Zool. Appl. Biosci.) 3(1):107
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Parapetasia
rammei
Type specimen information:
There are multiple primary types, see specimen data for details.
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