Type

Parapleurus koshunensis Shiraki, 1910 type species of Formosacris Willemse, 1951

Nomenclature (5)

  • Formosacris Willemse, 1951: 76.

    type species Parapleurus koshunensis Shiraki, 1910

  • Formosacris Willemse, 1951 in Otte, 1995: 270.
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  • Formosacris Willemse, 1951 in Jiang & Zheng, 1998: 223.
  • Formosacris Willemse, 1951 in Huo, Jiang, Sun, Liu, Zhang & Lu, 2007: 303.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Huo, G., Jiang, G., Sun, Z., Liu, D., Zhang, Y.-L. & Lu, L. (2007) Phylogenetic reconstruction of the family Acrypteridae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) based on mitochondrial cytochrome b gene. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 34, 294–306.
  • Jiang, G. & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) In Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University. 390 pp.
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  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1951) Synopsis of the Acridoidea of the Indo-Malayan and adjacent regions (Insecta, Orthotpera). Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 4, 41–114.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Derived from distribution in Taiwan (old name Formosa) and Greek name for grasshopper.

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