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Leprus elephas (Saussure, 1861)

Leprus elephas (Saussure, 1861): habitus and wings. (Otu).
Leprus elephas (Saussure, 1861): habitus and wings. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1506354; 2d8a9ca7-d87a-4192-a9f9-708d7a0478e7: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506354; 2d8a9ca7-d87a-4192-a9f9-708d7a0478e7: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506355; 37d50ca1-8cab-4662-a6e4-32e655bc0401: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (holotype or syntype of Leprus corpulentus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506355; 37d50ca1-8cab-4662-a6e4-32e655bc0401: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (holotype or syntype of Leprus corpulentus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Oedipoda (Leprus) elephas Saussure, 1861: 398.

    Holotype; female; 2d8a9ca7-d87a-4192-a9f9-708d7a0478e7; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Mexico

  • Leprus elephas (Saussure, 1861) in Walker, 1870: 795.
  • Leprus corpulentus Saussure, 1884 (subjective synonym of Oedipoda (Leprus) elephas Saussure, 1861) in Hollier, 2012: 226.
  • Leprus elephas (Saussure, 1861) in Hollier, 2012: 228.

References (11)

  • 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
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1984) Acrididae: Oedipodinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 2, 366 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1904) Notes on Orthoptera from Arizona, New Mexico and Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 56, 562–575. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30096#page/612/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Notes on Orthoptera from southern Arizona, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 59, 24–81. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=DY9l7J6HxsAC
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (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
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (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
  • Scudder, S.H. (1900) Catalogue of the described Orthoptera of the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 8, 1–102, plates I-III. [1899]
  • Thomas, C. (1873) Part II: Acrididae of North America not found in the United States. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 191–262. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/207/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1870) 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

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