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Gastrimargus rothschildi rothschildi Bolívar, 1922

Nomenclature (11)

  • Gastrimargus rothschildi Bolívar, 1922: 175.

    Holotype; female; 73d65e2b-3063-4c8f-a41e-a5a63fc993a9; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Ethiopia: Kounhi

  • Gastrimargus cristagalli Sjöstedt, 1928: 51 pp.

    Holotype; female; 4eeb18d0-437b-472a-badf-250bcbf61927; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Ethiopia

  • Gastrimargus cristagalli Sjöstedt, 1928 (subjective synonym of Gastrimargus rothschildi Bolívar, 1922) in Ritchie, 1982: 285.
  • Gastrimargus rothschildi rothschildi Bolívar, 1922 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 144.

References (8)

  • Bolívar, I. (1922) Orthoptères. Première Partie. In Voyage de M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en Éthiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905) : résultats scientifiques : animaux articulés. Paris. 167–219 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/156285#page/195/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1928) Monographie der Gattung Gastrimargus Sauss. (Orthoptera, Oedipodidae). Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 6(1), 1–51.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1934) Entomological expedition to Abyssinia 1926-7. Orthoptera of the families Mantidae, Gryllidae, Tettigoniidae, and Acrididae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 38, 591–614.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 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
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after Maurice de Rothschild (1881– 1957) on whose expedition to Africa the species was found.

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