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Eurybiades cerastes Rehn, 1930

Horned Royal Pygmy Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1523383; 4fb9f660-723b-4c0e-9639-46bff61c469c, ANSP Type No. 5474: Plate 20, Fig. 1 (after type). male habitus (body length 10 mm, pronotum 14.1 mm, hind femur 6.13 mm). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523383; 4fb9f660-723b-4c0e-9639-46bff61c469c, ANSP Type No. 5474: Plate 20, Fig. 1 (after type). male habitus (body length 10 mm, pronotum 14.1 mm, hind femur 6.13 mm). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523383; 4fb9f660-723b-4c0e-9639-46bff61c469c, ANSP Type No. 5474: Plate 20, Fig. 2 (after type). male head and pronotum, frontal view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Eurybiades cerastes Rehn, 1930: 498.

    Holotype; male; ANSP Type No. 5474; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Madagascar

  • Eurybiades cerastes Rehn, 1930 in Günther, 1939: 89.
  • Eurybiades cerastes Rehn, 1930 in Günther, 1974: 967.
  • Eurybiades cerastes Rehn, 1930 in Mathieu, Pavlović & Skejo, 2021: 48.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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
  • 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]

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Greek κερᾰ́στης, horned.

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