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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Aganacris Walker, 1871

Type

type species by original monotypy of Aganacris Walker, 1871

Nomenclature (7)

  • Aganacris Walker, 1871: 41. (valid in Grant, 1958)

    type species by original monotypy Aganacris micans Walker, 1871

  • Aganacris Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Scaphura Kirby, 1825) in Kirby, 1906: 453.
  • Aganacris Walker, 1871 (classified as Scudderiini Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1878) in Cadena-Castañeda, 2015: 99.
  • Aganacris Walker, 1871 in Sovano, Nunes & de Morais, 2018

References (7)

  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2015) Las tribus Scudderiini n. stat., Ectemnini n. trib. y Percynini n. trib. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae): Quinto aporte a la organización supragenérica de los faneropterinos neotropicales. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 56, 97–126.
  • Grant, H.J., Jr. (1958) A revision of the genus Aganacris. Notulae Naturae, 306, 1–12. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=4Ow_YGeA_hMC
  • 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
  • Nickle, D.A. (2012) Synonymies of wasp-mimicking species within the katydid genus Aganacris (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 21(2), 245–250. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1665/034.021.0209
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Sovano, R.S.da S., Nunes, A.L. & de Morais, J.W. (2018) Solving taxonomic Orthoptera problems by near infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS): the case of Aganacris Walker, 1871 (Tettigoniidae: Phaneropterinae; Scudderini). Zootaxa, 4461(3), 445–450.
  • Walker, F. (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum: Vol. Supplement. London, 1–116 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094#page/99/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Probably derived from Greek ᾰ̓γᾰνός = mild or gentle, and ᾰ̓κρῐ́ς = grasshopper, locust, or cricket.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species30811