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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Pterophylla Kirby, 1825

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Pterophylla Kirby, 1825

Nomenclature (14)

  • Pterophylla Kirby, 1825: 432.

    type species by subsequent designation Locusta camellifolia Fabricius, 1775

  • Pterophylla Kirby, 1825 in Kirby & Spence, 1826: 609, 611, 624.
  • Pterophylla Kirby, 1825 in Vickery & Kevan, 1986: 187.
  • Pterophylla Kirby, 1825 in Barrientos-Lozano, 1988: 1.

References (14)

  • Kirby, W.F. (1825) Some remarks on the nomenclature of the Gryllina of MacLeay, with the characters of a new genus in that tribe. Zool. Jour., 1, 429–432. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88099#page/461/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. & Spence, W. (1826) An Introduction to Entomology, or Elements of the Natural History of Insects. Longman, London, Vol. 3, 732 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79018#page/11/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
  • Caudell, A.N. (1911) Description of a new species of Orthoptera from Texas. The Canadian Entomologist, 43(4), 137–138. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88635#page/145/mode/1up
  • Caudell, A.N. (1911) Some remarks on Kirby's Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera, Vol. III, with additional notes on vols. I and II. Entomological News, 22(4), 158–167. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20277#page/204/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
  • Zeuner, F.E. (1936) The subfamilies of Tettigoniidae (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 5(5), 103–109.
  • Hebard, M. (1941) A new species of Pterophylla from eastern Mexico. Notulae Naturae, 81, 1–4.
  • Hebard, M. (1941) The Group Pterophyllae as found in the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 67, 197–219. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4277_002#page/67/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. & Bolívar, C. (1942) Estudio de dos nuevas Pterophylla mexicanas (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Pseudophyllinae). Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, 3 (1-4), 87–101, 3 pl.
  • Beier, M. (1960) Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae II). Das Tierreich, 74, 1–396.
  • Beier, M. (1963) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Pseudophyllinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 5, 1–246 pp.
  • Vickery, V.R. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1986) The grasshoppers, crickets, and related insects of Canada and adjacent regions. Ulonata: Dermaptera, Cheleutoptera, Notoptera, Dictuoptera, Grylloptera, and Orthoptera. The Insects and Arachnids of Canada, 14, 1–918. Available at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2016/aac-aafc/agrhist/A42-42-1985-14-eng.pdf
  • Barrientos-Lozano, L. (1988) Acoustic Behaviour and Taxonomy of Mexican Pterophylla. University College, Cardiff, 285 pp. PhD thesis.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Subgenus2046
Species60410
Subspecies502025