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Amphinotus pygmaeus Hancock, 1915

CollectionObject 1523092; 45eb547a-c7fc-483e-8c68-ea91c6b299a3: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523092; 45eb547a-c7fc-483e-8c68-ea91c6b299a3: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523092; 45eb547a-c7fc-483e-8c68-ea91c6b299a3: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523092; 45eb547a-c7fc-483e-8c68-ea91c6b299a3: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575727; 631dde09-b1be-4a98-82b9-647aa1f1b42d: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575728; d8420db8-0d90-4e8d-a55e-971f06963290: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Amphinotus pygmaeus Hancock, 1915: 96.

    Syntype; unsexed; 3218d320-f98c-4369-935d-316c074b304a; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Sri Lanka: Nuwara Eliya: Pundaluoya. Syntype; unsexed; 5ee23418-8397-4e52-9bd2-eb1f6e7753fb; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Sri Lanka: Badulla: Hagkala

  • Amphinotus pygmaeus Hancock, 1915 in Henry, 1933: 160.
  • Amphinotus pygmaeus Hancock, 1915 in Otte, 1979: 38.
  • Amphinotus pygmaeus Hancock, 1915 in Blackith, 1992: 4.

References (7)

  • Hancock, J.L. (1915) V. Indian Tetriginae (Acrydiinae). Records of the Indian Museum, 11, 55–137. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41760#page/91/mode/1up
  • Henry, G.M.R. (1933) Descriptions and records of Ceylonese Acrididae. Spolia Zeylanica, 17(3), 155–200. Available at https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.28759/page/n213/mode/2up
  • 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.
  • Sandrasagara, T.R. (1949) A catalogue of the named Ceylonese Tetrigidae, Eumastacidae and Acrididae (Insecta: Orthoptera) in the collection of the Colombo Museum, with records of distribution. Records of the Indian Museum, 47, 135–157. [1950]
  • Steinmann, H. (1970) Check-list of the Tetricidae (Orthoptera) of the Oriental faunal region. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 16, 215–240.
  • Otte, D. (1979) The primary types of Orthoptera (Saltatoria, Blattodea, Phasmatodea, and Mantodea) at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 130, 26–87. [1978]
  • 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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