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Captivus priscus (Bolívar, 1887)

CollectionObject 1532629; e851a3c0-64b5-482e-a734-8a0cd53cdb3b: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532629; e851a3c0-64b5-482e-a734-8a0cd53cdb3b: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532629; e851a3c0-64b5-482e-a734-8a0cd53cdb3b: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532629; e851a3c0-64b5-482e-a734-8a0cd53cdb3b: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532629; e851a3c0-64b5-482e-a734-8a0cd53cdb3b: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1532629; e851a3c0-64b5-482e-a734-8a0cd53cdb3b: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575703; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9353, 4372bf9b-adee-4d9e-b0ef-c00b1758bc21: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575703; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9353, 4372bf9b-adee-4d9e-b0ef-c00b1758bc21: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575703; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9353, 4372bf9b-adee-4d9e-b0ef-c00b1758bc21: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575703; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9353, 4372bf9b-adee-4d9e-b0ef-c00b1758bc21: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575703; NHRS NRM-ORTH 9353, 4372bf9b-adee-4d9e-b0ef-c00b1758bc21: labels (cotype label, but no male mentioned in original description). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Tettix priscus Bolívar, 1887: 258, 261.

    Holotype; female; e851a3c0-64b5-482e-a734-8a0cd53cdb3b; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Australia: Queensland: Port Curtis

  • Acrydium priscum (Bolívar, 1887) in Kirby, 1910: 45.
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  • Tetrix prisca (Bolívar, 1887) in Paris, 1994: 246.
  • Captivus priscus (Bolívar, 1887) in Kovacevic & Kasalo, 2025: 352.

References (9)

  • 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
  • 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
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  • Kovacevic, M. & Kasalo, N. (2025) Deconstructing the Australian Tetrix (Orthoptera: Tetrigidae): three new genera and a new species, Cyphotettix ellurae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 65(2), 349–364. https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2025.027
  • Paris, M. (1994) Catálogo de tipos de ortopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar, I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmoptera y Orthoptera (Stenopelmatoidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 69, 143–264. [1993] Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/170427
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1952) The Grasshoppers and Locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae. CSIRO, Melbourne, 1–326 pp.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1932) Neue Acridoidea aus dem Museum in Canberra (the Federal Capital Territory Australia). Mit einer Revision der Gattung Chortoicetes (Orth. Trux.). Arkiv för Zoologi, 23A(19), 1–15.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]
  • Steinmann, H. (1970) The Tetricidae (Orthoptera) of the Notogea. Opusc. Zool. Budapest, 10, 155–164. Available at http://opuscula.elte.hu/PDF/Opuscula10_1_1970/Steinmann,%20H_10_1_11.pdf

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