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Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930

Common Hiding Pygmy Grasshopper
Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930: Plate 17, Fig. 9 (after type). female pronotum, dorsal view (length 9.6 mm). (Otu).
Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930: Plate 17, Fig. 9 (after type). female pronotum, dorsal view (length 9.6 mm). (Otu).
Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930: Plate 17, Fig. 10 (after type). female face. (Otu).
Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930: Plate 17, Fig. 11 (after type). female head, lateral view. (Otu).
Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930: Plate 17, Fig. 12 (after type). female head, dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930: 487.

    Holotype; female; ANSPtype no. 5465; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Madagascar

  • Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930 in Rehn, 1937: 320.
  • Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930 in Günther, 1974: 950.
  • Cryptotettix imerina Rehn, 1930 in Mathieu, Pavlović & Skejo, 2021: 48.

References (5)

  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1930) New and little known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydiinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 81, 477–519. [1929]
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1937) A second study of new and little-known Madagascar grouse-locusts (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Acrydinae) with a key to the species of Thymochares. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 89, 317–329, 1 pl.
  • 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
  • Mathieu, É., Pavlović, M. & Skejo, J. (2021) The true colours of the Formidable Pygmy Grasshopper (Notocerus formidabilis Günther, 1974) from the Sava region (Madagascar). ZooKeys, 1042, 41–50. Available at http://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/66381

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Imerina, the native name of the tableland of Madagascar inhabited by the Hovas.

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