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Genus

Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861

Nomenclature (37)

  • Stenobothrus (Rhammatocerus) Saussure, 1861: 317.

    type species by subsequent designation Stenobothrus (Rhammatocerus) viatorius Saussure, 1861 in Rehn, 1940

  • Scyllina Stål, 1873: 94, 112.

    type species by subsequent designation Gomphocerus (Epacromia) peragrans Stål, 1861 in Rehn, 1906

  • Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861 in Rowell, 2013: 246.
  • Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861 in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 276.

References (23)

  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1861) Orthoptera nova americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). II. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2(13), 126–130, 156–164, 313–324, 397–402. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20623#page/138/mode/1up
  • Thomas, C. (1870) Descriptions of grasshoppers from Colorado. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 22, 74–84. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84763#page/84/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Stål, C. (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49926#page/233/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1895) Ortotteri del Paraguay raccolti dal Dr. J. Bohls. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere, 8, 804–818. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39594#page/814/mode/1up
  • 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
  • McNeill, J. (1897) Some corrections in generic names in Orthoptera. Psyche, a Journal of Entomology, 8(253), 71. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44238#page/91/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) Guide to the genera and classification of North American Orthoptera found north of Mexico. Cambridge, Mass., 87 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/guidetogeneracla00scudrich
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1906) Notes on South American grasshoppers of the subfamily Acridinae (Acrididae) with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 30(1453), 371–391. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53722#page/451/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1906) Studies in South and Central American Acridinae (Orthoptera), with the descriptions of a new genus and six new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 58, 10–50. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30129#page/18/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1940) The application, relationship and species of Scyllina Stål, 1861, and Scyllinops Rehn 1927 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Acridinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 66(2), 101–120. Available at https://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4276_002#page/3/mode/1up
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1948) Faunistic and ecological studies on the Orthoptera of the Big Bend Region of Trans-Pecos Texas, with especial reference to the orthopteran zones and faunae of midwestern North America. The American Midland Naturalist, 40, 521–663. [1949]
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1981) Acrididae: Gomphocerinae and Acridinae. In North American Grasshoppers. Harvard University Press, Cambridge. Vol. 1, 274 pp.
  • Carbonell, C.S. (1995) Revision of the tribe Scyllinini, nov. (Acrididae: Gomphocerinae), with descriptions of new genera and speces. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 121(3), 87–152.
  • 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.
  • Pujol-Luz, C.V.A. (1997) Duas novas espécies brasileiras de Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861. (Acrididae, Gomphocerinae, Scyllinini). Boletim Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 380, 1–10.
  • Pujol-Luz, C.V.A. (1998) Aspectos morfológicos, taxonômicos e distribuição geográfica de cinco espécies de Rhammatocerus Saussure, 1861 (Acrididae, Gomphocerinae, Scyllinini). Boletim Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 387, 1–27.
  • Elgueta, M., Camousseight, A. & Carbonell, C.S. (1999) Catálogo de Orthoptera (Insecta) de Chile. Publicación ocasional - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile), 54, 1–60. Available at http://publicaciones.mnhn.gob.cl/668/articles-71109_archivo_01.pdf
  • Clemente, M.E., Lorier, E., García, M.D. & Presa, J.J. (2012) The acoustic behaviour as a tool for biodiversity and phylogenetic studies: case of the Rhammatocerus species inhabiting Uruguay (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Gomphocerinae). Zoology, 47–68. Available at http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/32851/InTech-The_acoustic_behaviour_as_a_tool_for_biodiversity_and_phylogenetic_studies_case_of_the_rhammatocerus_species_inhabiting_uruguay_orthoptera_acrididae_gomphocerinae_.pdf
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society, 611 pp.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek rhamma, thread + keras, horn, probably in allusion to the filiform antennae.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1067
Species1603349
Subspecies201820