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Eupnigodes megocephala (McNeill, 1897)

Big-headed Grasshopper
Eupnigodes megocephala (McNeill, 1897): male. (Otu).
Eupnigodes megocephala (McNeill, 1897): male. (Otu).
Eupnigodes megocephala (McNeill, 1897): Pl. VI, Fig. 28. male, lateral view. (Otu).
Eupnigodes megocephala (McNeill, 1897): Pl. VI, Fig. 28a. male, dorsal view of head and pronotum. (Otu).
Eupnigodes megocephala (McNeill, 1897): Pl. VI, Fig. 28b. male, sternum. (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Pnigodes megocephala McNeill, 1897: 267. (valid)

    Syntype; f1808faa-bc89-4f64-9491-4f4d670996c8; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States. Syntype; 8efb54c0-e47c-48c7-88c2-3a4150be4629; deposited at: National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution (USNM); United States

  • Eupnigodes megocephala (McNeill, 1897) in Strohecker, Middlekauff & Rentz, 1968: 74.
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  • Eupnigodes megocephala (McNeill, 1897) in Papp, 2001: 61.
  • Eupnigodes megacephala [sic] McNeill, 1897 (misspelling of Pnigodes megocephala McNeill, 1897)

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Jago, N.D. (1971) A review of the Gomphocerinae of the world with a key to the genera (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 123, 205–343. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=ELz9FCjoVVkC
  • McNeill, J. (1897) Revision of the Truxalinae of North America. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 6, 179–274. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49878#page/195/mode/1up
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  • Otte, D. (1981) Acrididae: Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 1, 274 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.
  • Papp, C.S. (2001) In A Comprehensive Guide to North American Insects. 466 pp.
  • Strohecker, H.F., Middlekauff, W.W. & Rentz, D.C.F. (1968) The grasshoppers of California (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the California Insect Survey, 10, 1–177. Available at http://essig.berkeley.edu/documents/cis/cis10.pdf

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