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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Acocksacris Dirsh, 1958

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (4)

  • Acocksacris Dirsh, 1958: 331.

    type species by original designation Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958

  • Acocksacris Dirsh, 1958 in Brown, 1962: 182.
  • Acocksacris Dirsh, 1958 in Johnston, 1968: 394.
  • Acocksacris Dirsh, 1958 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 15.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Brown, H.D. (1962) New species of the genus Acocksacris Dirsh (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Annale van die Transvaal Museum, 24(2-3), 181–195. Available at http://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/AJA0000008_176
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) New Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from the Karroo Region, South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 21, 323–332. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/21/2/AJA00128789_2513
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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:

The genus is named after Mr. J. P. H. Acocks, who contributed very much to the knowledge of the Karroo region from the botanical point of view.

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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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species5005