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Species

Ancistrocercus (Ancistrocercus) brevicauda (Saussure & Pictet, 1898)

CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505717; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Gongrocnemis brevicauda Saussure & Pictet, 1898: 420.

    Holotype; female; 8f5e5b3d-2b19-4be0-866e-7f11b0930ae7; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Costa Rica: San José: Aserrí: La Uruca

  • Gongrocnemis brevicauda Saussure & Pictet, 1898 in Kirby, 1906: 327.
  • Ancistrocercus (Ancistrocercus) brevicauda (Saussure & Pictet, 1898) in Beier, 1963: 118.
  • Ancistrocercus brevicauda (Saussure & Pictet, 1898) in Hollier, 2011: 352.

References (6)

  • Beier, M. (1954) Revision der Pseudophyllinen. Instituto Español de Entomología, Madrid, 479 pp.
  • Beier, M. (1962) Orthoptera Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae I). Das Tierreich, 73, 1–468.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118(2), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437
  • 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
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de & Pictet, A. (1898) Insecta Orthoptera (Orthoptera Genuina). Fam. Locustidae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 1, 345–456. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_01_00/bca_20_01_00select.cfm

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for short tail, referring to short ovipositor.

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