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Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869)

Velvet-striped Grasshopper; Velvet-striped Locust
Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869): (Otu).
Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869): (Otu).
Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869): male habitus. (Otu).
Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869): Fig. 60. head and pronotum, pattern variation. (Otu).
Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869): Fig. 29B. pronotum disk. (Otu).
Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869): Pl. I, Fig. 25. antenna of male. (Otu).

Nomenclature (53)

  • Gomphocerus simplex Scudder, 1869: 305.

    Holotype; male; a730982b-91eb-4536-99c8-5c068f8cea9f; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); United States: Delaware

  • Stenobothrus tricarinatus Thomas, 1873: 84.

    Syntype; 30c7dad3-e068-4dee-98d0-63737482aa55; United States: Wyoming

  • Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869) in Fontana, Buzzetti & Mariño-Pérez, 2008: 145.
  • Eritettix simplex (Scudder, 1869) in Barrientos-Lozano, Rocha-Sánchez, Buzzetti, Méndez-Gómez & Horta-Vega, 2013: 189-190.

References (34)

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