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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Austroicetes pusilla (Walker, 1870)

Confusing Austroicetes
CollectionObject 1521588; 4a4a4634-8154-4870-93e0-d946ae817ee3: Fig. 4 (after type). male habitus (Chortoicetes pusillulus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1521588; 4a4a4634-8154-4870-93e0-d946ae817ee3: Fig. 4 (after type). male habitus (Chortoicetes pusillulus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Epacromia pusilla Walker, 1870: 778.

    Holotype; male; f215974c-15ae-4b55-a983-d7b25d2c1de1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Chortoicetes pusillulus Rehn, 1907: 447.

    Holotype; male; 4a4a4634-8154-4870-93e0-d946ae817ee3; deposited at: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH); Australia: Victoria

  • Austroicetes pusilla (Walker, 1870) in Key, 1986: 31.
  • Austroicetes pusilla (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 363, 395.

References (13)

  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Records and descriptions of Australian Orthoptera. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 23, 443–457. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/1935
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum 4. Identification of the types of Acrididae preserved in the Museum. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 72(3-4), 265–301. [1924]
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1930) Synonymic notes on Australian Acrididae (Orth.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 598–603.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1932) Neue Acridoidea aus dem Museum in Canberra (the Federal Capital Territory Australia). Mit einer Revision der Gattung Chortoicetes (Orth. Trux.). Arkiv för Zoologi, 23A(19), 1–15.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]
  • Sharman, G.B. (1952) The cytology of Tasmanian short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 86, 107–122. Available at http://eprints.utas.edu.au/13832/1/1952_Sharman_Cytology_short-horned_Grasshoppers.pdf
  • Key, K.H.L. (1954) The taxonomy, phases and distribution of the genera Chortoicetes Brunn. and Austroicetes Uv. (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, 1–237 pp.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1959) The ecology and biogeography of Australian grasshoppers and locusts. Biogeography & Ecology Australia, 192–210.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, v-ix, 1–419.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin: very small.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1078