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).

Meroncidius basalis (Beier, 1960) now Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831: Fig. 60. male subgenital plate (7 mm, styli 5 mm). (Otu).

CollectionObject 1531920; NMW 24532, 86765731-e54b-479d-92bd-42627474fe07: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1531920; NMW 24532, 86765731-e54b-479d-92bd-42627474fe07: male stridulatory apparatus (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1531920; NMW 24532, 86765731-e54b-479d-92bd-42627474fe07: male subgenital plate (holotype). (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 (11)

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 Braun, 2026: 446.
Schedocentrus (Schedocentrus) basalis Beier, 1960 (subjective synonym of Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831) in Braun, 2026: 446.

References (8)

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.
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Serville, J.G.A. (1831) Revue méthodique des insectes de l'ordre des Orthoptères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 22(86), 28–65, 134–167, 262–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29456
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

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	1	2