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superfamily
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
family
Pyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
subfamily
Pyrgomorphinae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
genus
Megalopyrga
Baccetti, 1985
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:36755
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Citations:
Baccetti. 1985. Notulae orthopterogicae. 43. Description of some new genera and species of grasshoppers from Somalia. Redia 68:265 >>
Megalopyrga
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:36755
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:141 >> Note: tribe uncertain >>
Megalopyrga
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 394 >>
Megalopyrga
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 80 >>
Megalopyrga
Type species:
Megalopyrga monochroma
Baccetti, by original monotypy
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
species
monochroma
Baccetti, 1985
Images:
specimen
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations:
Baccetti. 1985. Notulae orthopterogicae. 43. Description of some new genera and species of grasshoppers from Somalia. Redia 68:270 >>
Megalopyrga
monochroma
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:36756
Otte, D. 1994. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B. Pamphagoidea. Orthoptera Species File, The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia 3:141 >>
Megalopyrga
monochroma
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 80 >>
Megalopyrga
monochroma
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa, Somalia, Balad
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: female
Location of type: Baccetti Collection
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