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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Acanthalobus Hancock, 1904

Type

Criotettix saginatus Bolívar, 1887 type species by subsequent designation of Acanthalobus Hancock, 1904

Nomenclature (14)

  • Acanthalobus Hancock, 1904: 131. (valid)

    type species by subsequent designation Criotettix saginatus Bolívar, 1887 in Willemse, 1930

  • Acantholobus [sic] Hancock, 1904: 131.
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  • Acanthalobus Hancock, 1904 (subjective synonym of Criotettix Bolívar, 1887) in Blackith, 1992: 33.
  • Acanthalobus Hancock, 1904 (classified as Criotettiginae Kevan, 1966) in Subedi, Kasalo & Skejo, 2025: 137.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. & Mistshenko, L. (1951) Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1964 English translation no. 40]. In Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries. Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad. Vol. 2, 385–667 [1–291]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224097#page/7/mode/1up
  • 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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  • Bolívar, I. (1887) Essai sur les Acridiens de la tribu des Tettigidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, 31, 175–313. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44636#page/675/mode/1up
  • Günther, K. (1938) Revision der Acrydiinae (Orth.) II. Scelimenae spuriae. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 99, 117–148, 161–230. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_99_0161-0230.pdf
  • Hancock, J.L. (1904) The Tettigidae of Ceylon. Spolia Zeylanica, 2, 97–157.
  • Hancock, J.L. (1907) Orthoptera Fam. Acridiidae. Subfam. Tetriginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 48, 1–79 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105990#page/23/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) In Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London. 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1930) Studies in the African Acrydiinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae) Part 1. Sections Cladonotae, Scelimenae and Metrodorae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 82, 91–137.
  • Subedi, M., Kasalo, N. & Skejo, J. (2025) Definition of the pygmy grasshopper subfamily Criotettiginae (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae) with a preliminary catalogue of genera. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 318, 133–151. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcz.2025.08.003
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1930) Fauna Sumatrensis (Bijdrage Nr. 62) Preliminary revision of the Acrididae (Orthoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 73, 1–210. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89680#page/125/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species60915