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Genus

Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853

cross-backed grasshoppers

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853

Nomenclature (32)

  • Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853: 118.

    type species by subsequent designation Gryllus maroccanus Thunberg, 1815

  • Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 in Rehn, 1902: 317.
  • ... Show all ... (28)
  • Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 in González-Serna, Ortego & Cordero, 2018
  • Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 in Massa & Puma, 2026

References (32)

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  • Bolívar, I. (1909) Observaciones sobre los Truxalinos. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 9, 285–296. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17844#page/295/mode/1up
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  • Chopard, L. (1922) Orthoptères et dermaptères. In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 3, 212 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1093568
  • Chopard, L. (1951) Orthoptéroïdes. In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 56, 359 pp. Available at http://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/L.CHOPARD%28FdeFr56%29Orthopteroides.pdf
  • Defaut, B. (2001) Actualisation taxonomique et nomenclaturale du "Synopsis des orthoptères de France". Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 6, 107–112.
  • Fieber, F.X. (1853) Synopsis der europäischen Orthoptera mit besonderer Rücksicht auf die in Böhmen vorkommenden Arten. Lotos, Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaften. Herausgegeben vom naturhistorischen Vereine Lotos in Prag, 3, 90–104, 115–129, 138–154, 168–176, 184–188, 201–207, 232–238, 252–261. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42805#page/108/mode/1up
  • García, M.D., Larrosa, E., Clemente, M.E. & Presa, J.J. (2005) Contribution to the knowledge of genus Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 in the Iberian Peninsula, with special reference to its sound production (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Anales de Biología, 27, 155–189. Available at http://revistas.um.es/index.php/analesbio/article/view/30261
  • González-Serna, M.J., Ortego, J. & Cordero, P.J. (2018) A review of cross-backed grasshoppers of the genus Dociostaurus Fieber (Orthoptera: Acrididae) from the western Mediterranean: insights from phylogenetic analyses and DNA-based species delimitation. Systematic Entomology, 43(1), 136–146. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/syen.12258/full
  • Guliaeva, O.N., Vysoskaya, L.V. & Sergeev, M.G. (2005) Taxonomic and phylogenetic relationships of the Holarctic grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acrididae): A new view on old problems. Evraziatskii Entomologicheskii Zhurnal, 4(2), 87–94.
  • Harz, K. (1975) Die Orthopteren Europas II. Series Entomologica, 11, 1–939.
  • Hodjat, S.H. (2016) A review of Iranian Dociostaurini (Orthoptera: Gomphocerinae) with keys to their species. Entomologia Generalis, 35(4), 253–268.
  • 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
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Massa, B. & Puma, T. (2026) Elevated extinction risk of the Sicilian endemic Dociostaurus minutus (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Dociostaurini), with conservation and taxonomic considerations. Conservation, 6(4, 119), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.3390/conservation6040119
  • Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2012) Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna, Vol. 48, 563 pp.
  • Mistshenko, L. (1974) Grasshoppers of the genus Dociostaurus Fieb. (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Communication II. Entomological Review, Washington, 53(3), 74–83.
  • Mistshenko, L. (1974) Grasshoppers of the genus Dociostaurus Fieb. (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Communication 2. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 53(3), 589–601.
  • Moeed, A. (1971) Key to the identification of grasshoppers belonging to the family Tetrigidae (Tetrigoidea, Orthoptera) and subfamilies Acridinae and Oedipodinae (Acrididae, Acridoidea, Orthoptera). Sind University Research Journal (Science Series), 5(1), 79–92.
  • Morales-Agacino, E. (1941) El género Dociostaurus (Fieber) en España. (Nota sistemática). Boletin de Patologia Vegetal y Entomologia Agricola, Madrid, 10, 341–360. [1942]
  • Pascual, F. (1978) Estudio preliminar de los ortópteros de Sierra Nevada. 2: Claves para la determinación de especies. Trabajos Monogr. Dep. Zool. Univ. Granada (N.S.), 1(1), 1–63.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1902) Notes on some generic names employed by Serville, in the Revue Methodique, and Fieber, in the Synopsis du Europaischen Orthopteran. The Canadian Entomologist, 34(12), 316–317. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18808#page/332/mode/1up
  • Savitsky, V.Y. (2000) Acoustic signals, ecological features, and reproductive isolation of grasshoppers of the genus Dociostaurus (Orthoptera, Acrididae) in semi-desert. Entomological Review, Washington, 80(8), 950–967.
  • Savitsky, V.Y. (2007) New data on acoustic communication and ecology of grasshoppers of the genera Eremippus and Dociostaurus (Orthoptera, Acrididae) and notes on the use of bioacoustic data in supraspecific taxonomy of the subfamily Gomphocerinae [English version]. Entomological Review, Washington, 87(6), 631–649.
  • Savitsky, V.Y. (2007) New data on acoustic communication and ecology of grasshoppers of the genera Eremippus and Dociostaurus (Orthoptera, Acrididae) and notes on the use of bioacoustic data in supraspecific taxonomy of the subfamily Gomphocerinae [in Russian]. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal, 86(7), 813–830.
  • Soltani, A.A. (1976) A taxonomic revision of the genus Dociostaurus (Acrididae: Acridoidea, Gomphocerinae). Entomologie et Phytopathologie Appliquées, 40, 1–18. [in Persian]
  • Soltani, A.A. (1978) Preliminary synonymy and description of new species in the genus Dociostaurus Fieber, 1853 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Acrididae, Gomphocerinae) with a key to the species in the genus. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, Suppl. 2, 1–93.
  • Tarbinsky, S.P. (1940) The Saltatorian Orthopterous Insects of the Azerbaidzhan S.S.R. Acad. Sci. Azyerbaidjankoi S.S.R., Moscow-Leningrad, 245 pp. [in Russian]
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1921) A preliminary revision of the genus Dociostaurus Fieb. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 11(4), 397–407.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek δοκίον = small beam or rod, and σταυρός = cross, relating to the shape of the lateral edges of the pronotum.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Subgenus30912
Species33073106
Subspecies1605773