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Hancockella portentosa (Kirby, 1914)

CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: female, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1517873; a6edab09-c0dd-4912-990d-04d9642e1c12, NHMUK010362930: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580141; ef0d3ee0-c225-4988-9e51-5be01cbd45a3, NHMUK10924413: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580141; ef0d3ee0-c225-4988-9e51-5be01cbd45a3, NHMUK10924413: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580141; ef0d3ee0-c225-4988-9e51-5be01cbd45a3, NHMUK10924413: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580141; ef0d3ee0-c225-4988-9e51-5be01cbd45a3, NHMUK10924413: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580141; ef0d3ee0-c225-4988-9e51-5be01cbd45a3, NHMUK10924413: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580141; ef0d3ee0-c225-4988-9e51-5be01cbd45a3, NHMUK10924413: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580141; ef0d3ee0-c225-4988-9e51-5be01cbd45a3, NHMUK10924413: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580141; ef0d3ee0-c225-4988-9e51-5be01cbd45a3, NHMUK10924413: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Hancockia portentosa Kirby, 1914: 46.

    Syntype; female; NHMUK010362930; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: Kerala: Western Ghats (W. side), Thenmalai, Travancore. Syntype; male; NHMUK10924413; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: Kerala: Maddathoray, W. base of Western Ghats, Travancore

  • Hancockia portentosa Kirby, 1914 in Günther, 1938: 345.
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  • Hancockella portentosa (Kirby, 1914) in Shishodia, Chandra & Gupta, 2010: 142.
  • Hancockella portentosa (Kirby, 1914) in Bhaskar, Stermšek, Easa, Franjević & Skejo, 2020: 488.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Bhaskar, D., Stermšek, S., Easa, P.S., Franjević, D. & Skejo, J. (2020) Wide-nosed pygmy grasshoppers (Cladonotinae: Cladonotini, Xerophyllini) of India and Sri Lanka: catalogue with an identification key and description of a new species of the genus Tettilobus. Zootaxa, 4894(3), 474–500.
  • Blackith, R.E. (1992) Tetrigidae (Insecta; Orthoptera) of Southeast Asia: Annotated catalogue with partial translated keys and bibliography. JAPAGA, Wicklow, Ireland, i-liv, 1–248.
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  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae, I. Sectiones Tripetalocerae, Discotettigiae, Lophotettigiae, Cleostrateae, Bufonidae, Cladonotae, Scelimenae verae. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 23, 299–437.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty-eight new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 173–176.

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