Orthoptera Species File

genus

Leprus Saussure, 1861

Type

Oedipoda (Leprus) elephas Saussure, 1861 type species by original monotypy of Leprus Saussure, 1861

Nomenclature (10)

Oedipoda (Leprus) Saussure, 1861: 398.
type species by original monotypy Oedipoda (Leprus) elephas Saussure, 1861
Leprus Saussure, 1861 in Walker, 1870: 795.
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Leprus Saussure, 1861 in Otte, 1995: 352.
Leprus Saussure, 1861 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 363.

Nomenclature references (10)

Cockerell, T.D.A. (1902) Notes on the orthopteran genus Leprus. Entomological News, 13, 305–306. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79278#page/349/mode/1up
de Saussure, H. (1861) Orthoptera nova americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). II. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2(13), 126–130, 156–164, 313–324, 397–402. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20623#page/138/mode/1up
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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
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

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	1	2
species	3	0	8	11