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Gastrimargus crassicollis (Saussure, 1888)

CollectionObject 1507073; 9140f00e-f51f-4491-90d4-f9862417acd5: female, lateral view (holotype of Gastrimargus clepsydrae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507073; 9140f00e-f51f-4491-90d4-f9862417acd5: female, lateral view (holotype of Gastrimargus clepsydrae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507073; 9140f00e-f51f-4491-90d4-f9862417acd5: female, dorsal view (holotype of Gastrimargus clepsydrae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507073; 9140f00e-f51f-4491-90d4-f9862417acd5: female, frontal view (holotype of Gastrimargus clepsydrae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507073; 9140f00e-f51f-4491-90d4-f9862417acd5: female, ventral view (holotype of Gastrimargus clepsydrae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507073; 9140f00e-f51f-4491-90d4-f9862417acd5: labels (holotype of Gastrimargus clepsydrae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507273; 429665a1-5b58-4d45-8b71-9d6e87f7b206: female, lateral view (paratype of Gastrimargus transvaalensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507273; 429665a1-5b58-4d45-8b71-9d6e87f7b206: female, dorsal view (paratype of Gastrimargus transvaalensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507273; 429665a1-5b58-4d45-8b71-9d6e87f7b206: female, frontal view (paratype of Gastrimargus transvaalensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507273; 429665a1-5b58-4d45-8b71-9d6e87f7b206: labels (paratype of Gastrimargus transvaalensis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1594384; 0d8dedc1-3894-4d4d-bda5-534118241e95: labels (paratype of Gastrimargus grossiceps). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1594384; 0d8dedc1-3894-4d4d-bda5-534118241e95: female, dorsal view (paratype of Gastrimargus grossiceps). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1594384; 0d8dedc1-3894-4d4d-bda5-534118241e95: female, lateral view (paratype of Gastrimargus grossiceps). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1594384; 0d8dedc1-3894-4d4d-bda5-534118241e95: female, frontal view (paratype of Gastrimargus grossiceps). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (28)

  • Oedaleus (Gastrimargus) crassicollis Saussure, 1888: 38.

    Holotype; female; 54899f27-b5bb-457c-9255-b25d0c6ec842; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

  • Gastrimargus clepsydrae Sjöstedt, 1928: 10, 29.

    Holotype; female; 9140f00e-f51f-4491-90d4-f9862417acd5; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); South Africa: Gauteng: Johannesburg

  • Gastrimargus crassicollis (Saussure, 1888) in Hollier, 2012: 226.
  • Gastrimargus grossiceps Sjöstedt, 1932 (subjective synonym of Oedaleus (Gastrimargus) crassicollis Saussure, 1888) in Dey & Willemse, 2023: 345, 347.

References (12)

  • Dey, L.-S. & Willemse, L. (2023) Type catalogue of Oedipodinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) present in Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden (Netherlands). Zootaxa, 5315(4), 339–348.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 2: The Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(2), 215–260. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183707#page/71/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Le Pelley, R.H. (1959) Agricultural Insects of East Africa. In Agric. Ins. E. Afr. EA High Commission, Nairobi. 307 pp.
  • Ritchie, J.M. (1982) A taxonomic revision of the genus Gastrimargus Saussure (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 44(4), 239–329. Available at http://archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis44entolond/page/n277/mode/2up
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1928) Monographie der Gattung Gastrimargus Sauss. (Orthoptera, Oedipodidae). Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 6(1), 1–51.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1932) Acridoidea von der Goldküste, Ob. Volta. Nebst einer Revision der Gattung Parga Walker. Arkiv för Zoologi, 23A(17), 1–36. [1931]
  • Weidner, H. & Wagner, W. (1968) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg VII. Teil. Insecta IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65, 123–179. Available at http://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/sammlungen/zoologie/entomologie/typenkatalog/weidner-1968-caelifera-homoptera.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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