Orthoptera Species File

species

Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831

Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831: Pl. 10, Fig. 2. female (Serville 1838). (Otu).

Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831: Pl. 10, Fig. 2. female (Serville 1838). (Otu).

Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831: male subgenital plate. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1517023; b5359059-c29d-4268-86d4-7ad6872750dc: male, lateral view (holotype of Meroncidius indistinctus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517023; b5359059-c29d-4268-86d4-7ad6872750dc: male, head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Meroncidius indistinctus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517023; b5359059-c29d-4268-86d4-7ad6872750dc: male, dorsal view (holotype of Meroncidius indistinctus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517023; b5359059-c29d-4268-86d4-7ad6872750dc: male cerci (holotype of Meroncidius indistinctus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517023; b5359059-c29d-4268-86d4-7ad6872750dc: male cerci (holotype of Meroncidius indistinctus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517023; b5359059-c29d-4268-86d4-7ad6872750dc: labels (holotype of Meroncidius indistinctus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517024; 9a5518a7-bf72-486d-91b2-b146dbadad85: female, dorsal view (holotype of Meroncidius marginatus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517024; 9a5518a7-bf72-486d-91b2-b146dbadad85: female ovipositor (holotype of Meroncidius marginatus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1517024; 9a5518a7-bf72-486d-91b2-b146dbadad85: labels (holotype of Meroncidius marginatus). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1539732; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1539732; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3: female pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1539732; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1539732; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3: female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1539732; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3: female face (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1539732; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3: female ovipositor (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1539732; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3: female subgenital plate (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1539732; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831: 150.
Holotype; female; a1a02b5a-639d-47c5-badd-bf1a6ee56db3; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); French Guiana
Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831 in Serville, 1838: 449.
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Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831 in Beier, 1963: 138.
Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831 in Chamorro-Rengifo, Cadena-Castañeda, Braun, Montealegre-Z., Romero, Serna Marquez & González, 2011: 30.

Nomenclature references (10)

Beier, M. (1954) Revision der Pseudophyllinen. Instituto Español de Entomología, Madrid, 479 pp.
Beier, M. (1960) Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae (Pseudophyllinae II). Das Tierreich, 74, 1–396.
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Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

After dark coloration.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	3	4