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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Morphopoides Rehn, 1930

Type

type species by original designation of Morphopoides Rehn, 1930

Nomenclature (9)

  • Morphopoides Rehn, 1930: 120.

    type species by original designation Morphopoides coriaceum Rehn, 1930

  • Morphopoides Rehn, 1930 in Günther, 1939: 177.
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  • Morphopoides Rehn, 1930 in Devriese, 1999: 81.
  • Morphopoides Rehn, 1930 (classified as Xerophyllini Günther, 1979) in Fite, Devriese, Kulanek, Skejo, Kasalo, Misganaw, Tefera, Villinger & Husemann, 2025: 7, 20.

References (9)

  • Devriese, H. (1999) Révision des Xerophyllini d'Afrique (Orthoptera Tetrigidae). Belgian Journal of Entomology, 1, 21–99. Available at http://www.srbe-kbve.be/cm/sites/default/files/publications/BJE/BJE%201999/BJE%201999%20vol%201%20%281%29%20Devriese.pdf
  • Fite, T., Devriese, H., Kulanek, D., Skejo, J., Kasalo, N., Misganaw, M., Tefera, T., Villinger, J. & Husemann, M. (2025) Tetrigidae of Ethiopia: First species delimitation via DNA barcoding and description of three new species. Taxonomy, 5(49), 1–24. https://doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy5030049
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  • Günther, K. (1939) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orthoptera), III. Sectio Amorphopi (Metrodorae Bol. 1887, aut.). Abhandlungen und Berichte aus den Staatlichen Museen für Tierkunde und Völkerkunde in Dresden (Ser. A: Zool.) (N.F.), 20 (NF Bd.1), 16–335.
  • Günther, K. (1974) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Tetrigiodea (Orth. Caelifera) von Madagaskar und von Mauritius. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie), 236 (Zool. 160), 937–1031. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/260408#page/3/mode/1up
  • Günther, K. (1979) Die Tetrigoidea von Afrika südlich der Sahara (Orthoptera: Caelifera). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 29(1), 7–183. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/1130
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 6. Tetrigoidea and Tridactyloidea (Orthoptera: Caelifera) and Addenda to OSF Vols. 1-5. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 261 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1930) Studies in the African Acrydiinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae) Part 1. Sections Cladonotae, Scelimenae and Metrodorae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 82, 91–137.
  • Steinmann, H. (1962) The Tetrigidae of Africa (Orthoptera). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 15, 303–326.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Morphopus Bolívar, 1905.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species60612