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Acrotylus hottentotus Saussure, 1884

Acrotylus hottentotus Saussure, 1884: dorsal view. (Otu).
Acrotylus hottentotus Saussure, 1884: dorsal view. (Otu).
Acrotylus hottentotus Saussure, 1884: female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Acrotylus hottentotus Saussure, 1884: 188. (valid)

    Holotype; male; 83e4f210-8e60-4791-a4f3-dc8739cdbcce; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

  • Acrotylus hottentotus Saussure, 1884 in Kirby, 1910: 264.
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  • Acrotylus hottentotus Saussure, 1884 in Hollier, 2012: 232.
  • Acrotylus hottentottus [sic] Saussure, 1884 (misspelling of Acrotylus hottentotus Saussure, 1884)

Nomenclature references (8)

  • de Saussure, H. (1884) Prodromus Oedipodiorum, Insectorum ex Ordine Orthopterorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 28(9), 1–254, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38465
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
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  • 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) 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
  • Nolte, D.J. (1939) A comparative study of seven species of Transvaal Acrididae, with special reference to the chromosome complex. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 2, 196–260.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.

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