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Pycnodictya obscura (Linnaeus, 1758)

Pycnodictya obscura (Linnaeus, 1758): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Pycnodictya obscura (Linnaeus, 1758): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Pycnodictya obscura (Linnaeus, 1758): lateral view. (Otu).
Pycnodictya obscura (Linnaeus, 1758): dorsal view. (Otu).

Type specimen

Syntype; 8abcc2da-f2c5-4caa-a047-32ecef7776ff; Africa

Nomenclature (17)

  • Gryllus (Locusta) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758: 433.

    Syntype; 8abcc2da-f2c5-4caa-a047-32ecef7776ff; Africa

  • Gryllus (Locusta) obscurus Linnaeus, 1758 in Linnaeus, 1767: 701.
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  • Pycnodictya obscura (Linnaeus, 1758) in Marshall, 1983: 390.
  • Pycnodictya obscura (Linnaeus, 1758) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 182.

Nomenclature references (14)

  • 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) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
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  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte I Acridoidea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(554), 1–35. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/41/mode/1up
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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.
  • 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
  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) In Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.). Holmiae. Vol. 1, 824 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/3/mode/1up
  • Linnaeus, C. (1767) In Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae: Vol. 1, pt. 2. 1327 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137240#page/5/mode/1up
  • Marshall, J.A. (1983) The orthopteroid insects described by Linnaeus, with notes on the Linnaean collection. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 78(4), 375–396.
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • Westwood, J.O. (1837) New Edition. In Illustrations of Exotic Entomology, Containing Upward of Six Hundred and Fifty Figures and Descriptions of Foreign Insects Interspersed with Remarks and Reflections on their Nature and Properties. London. Vols. 1-3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82229#page/9/mode/1up
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Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectiveobscurus, obscura, obscurum
Pycnodictya obscura (Linnaeus, 1758)

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