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Pycnocrania grandidieri (Saussure, 1888)

Nomenclature (12)

  • Chloebora grandidieri Saussure, 1888: 33, 34.

    Holotype; female; 3572bdd3-3f9b-4c95-b0f5-fd98cb4e9358; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar

  • Chloebora grandidieri Saussure, 1888 in Kirby, 1910: 216.
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  • Pycnocrania grandidieri (Saussure, 1888) in Braud, Franc & Gay, 2014: 94.
  • Pycnocrania grandidieri (Saussure, 1888) in Krištín, Heller, Zemko, Rakotondranary & Jarčuška, 2019

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Braud, Y., Franc, A. & Gay, P.-E. (2014) Les acridiens des formations herbeuses de Madagascar. FAO, Rome, 134 pp.
  • de Saussure, H. (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up
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  • Descamps, M. & Wintrebert, D. (1966) Pyrgomorphidae et Acrididae de Madagascar. Observations biologiques et diagnoses (Orth. Acridoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 42, 41–263. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/162396
  • Dirsh, V.M. & Descamps, M. (1968) Insectes. Orthoptères, Acridoidea. Pyrgomorphidae et Acrididae. Faune de Madagascar, 26, 1–312.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1963) The Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Madagascar II. Acrididae, Acridinae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 13, 245–286. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102952#page/383/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Krištín, A., Heller, K.-G., Zemko, M., Rakotondranary, J. & Jarčuška, B. (2019) Assemblages of orthopteroid insects along environmental gradients in central and southern Madagasca. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 28(2), 155–166. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/34055/
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1941) Genus Chloebora Saussure, 1884 (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8, 298–302.

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Named after the French naturalist and explorer Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921) who is known for his studies of Madagascar.

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