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Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)

African Migratory Locust

Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849): solitary brown individual (Madagascar, 2005). (Otu).
Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849): solitary brown individual (Madagascar, 2005). (Otu).
Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849): 5th-instar nymph (Madagascar, 1999). (Otu).
Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849): gregarious individuals (Indonesia). (Otu).
Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849): Page 235, Figure 1. female habitus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501072; bd2f0388-65fb-460d-a211-e696e60ae6d3: male, lateral view (syntype of Locusta migratoria burmana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501072; bd2f0388-65fb-460d-a211-e696e60ae6d3: male, dorsal view (syntype of Locusta migratoria burmana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501072; bd2f0388-65fb-460d-a211-e696e60ae6d3: male, ventral view (syntype of Locusta migratoria burmana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501072; bd2f0388-65fb-460d-a211-e696e60ae6d3: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501072; bd2f0388-65fb-460d-a211-e696e60ae6d3: labels (syntype of Locusta migratoria burmana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564796; ff456b93-7b3b-4fdc-bf1d-bfff8c787574: female, lateral view (syntype of Locusta migratoria burmana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564796; ff456b93-7b3b-4fdc-bf1d-bfff8c787574: female, dorsal view (syntype of Locusta migratoria burmana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564796; ff456b93-7b3b-4fdc-bf1d-bfff8c787574: female, ventral view (syntype of Locusta migratoria burmana). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564796; ff456b93-7b3b-4fdc-bf1d-bfff8c787574: labels (syntype of Locusta migratoria burmana). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Syntype; df2fd2f9-c3e4-4600-924b-9e143d613cc1; Ethiopia: Abyssinia

Nomenclature (82)

  • Acrydium manilense Meyen, 1835: 197.
  • Oedipoda migratorioides Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849: 430. (valid)

    Syntype; df2fd2f9-c3e4-4600-924b-9e143d613cc1; Ethiopia: Abyssinia

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  • Locusta migratoroides [sic] Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849 (misspelling of Oedipoda migratorioides Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)
  • Pachytylus migratoroides [sic] (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849) (misspelling of Oedipoda migratorioides Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)

Nomenclature references (64)

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Descendants and synonyms

  • Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)
    • =Gastrimargus affinis Sjöstedt, 1931
    • =Locusta danica burmana Ramme, 1951
    • =Pachytylus capito Saussure, 1884
    • =Acrydium manilense Meyen, 1835
    • =Locusta migratoria migratoriodes [sic] Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849
    • =Pachytylus migratoroides [sic] (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)
    • =Locusta migratoroides [sic] Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849
    • =Gastrimargus morio Sjöstedt, 1931
    • =Pachytylus punctifrons Dirsh, 1961
    • =Locusta migratoria tibetensis Chen, 1963
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivemigratorioides, migratorioides, migratorioides
Etymology:

Derived from L. migratoria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Locusta migratoria migratorioides (Reiche & Fairmaire, 1849)

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