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Dravidacris annamalaica Bhaskar & Kasalo, 2022

Dravidian Pygmy Hopper
CollectionObject 1597675; 873c70c0-fbb6-4671-862c-2030b0e2f14f, Depo SF.DepoID 3491, NRC-AA-4180: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597675; 873c70c0-fbb6-4671-862c-2030b0e2f14f, Depo SF.DepoID 3491, NRC-AA-4180: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597675; 873c70c0-fbb6-4671-862c-2030b0e2f14f, Depo SF.DepoID 3491, NRC-AA-4180: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1597675; 873c70c0-fbb6-4671-862c-2030b0e2f14f, Depo SF.DepoID 3491, NRC-AA-4180: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (1)

  • Dravidacris annamalaica Bhaskar & Kasalo, 2022 in Bhaskar, Sankararaman & Kasalo, 2022: 425.

    Holotype; female; Depo SF.DepoID 3491, NRC-AA-4180; deposited at: National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru (=Bangalore), India (NCBS); India: Tamil Nadu: Chidambaram, Annamalai Nagar

Nomenclature references (1)

  • Bhaskar, D., Sankararaman, H. & Kasalo, N. (2022) Dravidacris annamalaica gen. et sp. nov. a new pygmy unicorn grasshopper (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) from South India. Zootaxa, 5196(3), 420–432.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The specific epitheton refers to Annamalai Nagar where the holotype was collected. The name Annamalai is latinized as annamalaica to fit the gender of the genus.

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