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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958

Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 1 (after Dirsh 1958). male. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 2 (after Dirsh 1958). male head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 3 (after Dirsh 1958). male meso- and metasternum. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 4 (after Dirsh 1958). male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 5 (after Dirsh 1958). left cercus. (Otu).
Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 6. epiphallus. (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958: 331.

    Holotype; male; 05080dc3-256c-4f42-bcb1-1dad20ce8d2d; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); Great Karroo

  • Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958 in Brown, 1962: 185.
  • Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958 in Dirsh, 1965: 555.
  • Acocksacris karruensis Dirsh, 1958 in Johnston, 1968: 394.

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
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after distribution in the Great Karroo.

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