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Melinohippus taylori (Uvarov, 1941)

Nomenclature (4)

  • Afrohippus taylori Uvarov, 1941: 56.

    Holotype; male; de0c65cf-1455-4e2c-8b83-e65874e5b99d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia: Awdal: Borama

  • Afrohippus taylori Uvarov, 1941 in Johnston, 1956: 680.
  • Afrohippus taylori Uvarov, 1941 in Dirsh, 1965: 548.
  • Melinohippus taylori (Uvarov, 1941) in Jago, 1996: 100.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1996) Review of western and eastern African genera of the Dnopherula complex (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Gomphocerinae) with description of new genera and species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 5, 69–124. https://doi.org/10.2307/3503585
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1941) New African Acrididae (Orthoptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 4, 47–71.

Descendants and synonyms

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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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