species

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758)

Giant Black-winged Clonia

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758): female head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Saga elegans). (Otu).

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758): female, dorsal view (holotype of Saga elegans). (Otu).

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758): female pronotum, dorsal view (holotype of Saga elegans). (Otu).

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758): female ovipositor (holotype of Saga elegans). (Otu).

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758): labels (holotype of Saga elegans). (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; bacea100-0b18-4f8b-9eee-185c914ab4f6; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); South Africa

Nomenclature (29)

Gryllus (Tettigonia) melanopterus Linnaeus, 1758: 430.
Syntype; bacea100-0b18-4f8b-9eee-185c914ab4f6; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); South Africa
Gryllus (Tettigonia) melanopterus Linnaeus, 1758 in Linnaeus, 1764: 134.
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Hemiclonia melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758) in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 84.
Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758) in Naskrecki, 2011: 123.

Nomenclature references (21)

Blanchard, C.É. (1840) Histoire naturelle des Insectes Orthoptères, Névroptères, Hémiptères, Hyménoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. P. Dumenil, Paris. pp. Orthoptères pp. 1–44. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/histoirenaturell00blan
Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up
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Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae Subfam. Saginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 167, 1–10, pls 1–2. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105423#page/429/mode/1up

Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.

Fabricius, J.C. (1775) In Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae, in officina libraria Kortii. 832 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82400

Kaltenbach, A.P. (1964) Zur Systematik und Verbreitung der Raubheuschrecken (Tettigoniidae - Saginae), insbesondere der europäischen Arten der Gattung Saga Charpentier. Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen, 16, 68–82. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ZAOE_16_0068-0082.pdf

Kaltenbach, A.P. (1972) An illustrated key for identifying African Saginae (Saltatoria: Tettigoniidae). Annals of the Natal Museum, 21, 281–295.

Kaltenbach, A.P. (1990) The predatory Saginae. In Tettigoniidae: Biology, Systematics and Evolution. Springer-Verlag, Berlin. pp. 280–302.

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

Linnaeus, C. (1758) In Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.). Holmiae. Vol. 1, 824 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up

Linnaeus, C. (1764) Insecta exotica. Museum S.R.M. Ludovicae Ulricae Reginae, etc., 1–151. Available at http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/reference?id=1197

Linnaeus, C. (1767) In Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae: Vol. 1, pt. 2. 1327 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137240#page/5/mode/1up

Marshall, J.A. (1983) The orthopteroid insects described by Linnaeus, with notes on the Linnaean collection. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78(4), 375–396.

Naskrecki, P. (2011) In Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine. University of Chicago Press. 384 pp.

Picker, M., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. (2005) In Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa. 444 pp.

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

Stoll, C. (1813) In Représentation exactement colorée d'après nature des spectres ou phasmes, des mantes, des sauterelles, des grillons, des criquets et des blattes. J. Sepp, Amsterdam. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/281654#page/7/mode/1up

Stål, C. (1874) In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 2, 121 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=nSxDAAAAYAAJ

Thunberg, C.P. (1815) Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 5, 211–301. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5woZAAAAYAAJ

de Haan, W. (1843) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Orthoptera. In Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen: Vol. 19/20. In commissie bij S. en J. Luchtmans, en C.C. van der Hoek, Leiden. 165–228 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/200624#page/647/mode/1up
de Saussure, H. (1888) Synopsis de la tribu des Sagiens. Orthoptères de la famille des Locustides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 8, 127–160. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34142

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Descendants and synonyms

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758)
- =Gryllus azurea Stoll, 1813
- =Saga elegans Blanchard, 1840
- =Conocephalus spinigerus Thunberg, 1815

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Primarily in Fynbos vegetation, in Succulent Karoo biome in tall shrubland communities.

External links to websites

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ [general information]
Specimens in MNHN Paris [specimen level information]

Gender, form, and etymology

Adjectivemelanopterus, melanoptera, melanopterum

Clonia (Hemiclonia) melanoptera (Linnaeus, 1758)

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