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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Coryphistes ruricola (Burmeister, 1838)

Bark-mimicking Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1502257; 2603833a-3a6f-4199-8459-1a3ec2ed04f9: male, lateral view (Coryphistes longipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502257; 2603833a-3a6f-4199-8459-1a3ec2ed04f9: male, lateral view (Coryphistes longipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502257; 2603833a-3a6f-4199-8459-1a3ec2ed04f9: male, frontal view (Coryphistes longipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502257; 2603833a-3a6f-4199-8459-1a3ec2ed04f9: male, dorsal view (Coryphistes longipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502257; 2603833a-3a6f-4199-8459-1a3ec2ed04f9: male, ventral view (Coryphistes longipennis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502257; 2603833a-3a6f-4199-8459-1a3ec2ed04f9: labels (Coryphistes longipennis). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (39)

  • Opsomala [sic] sordida Serville, 1838: 592.

    Syntype; female; ed2311fa-946c-4e74-bb17-3b144e02072c; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Western Australia, King George Sound

  • Xiphocera ruricola Burmeister, 1838: 613. (valid)

    Holotype; female; 59020656-2eee-4d8b-be8a-be9d4e90b15d; Australia: New South Wales: Sydney

  • Coryphistes ruricola (Burmeister, 1838) in Rentz, 1996: 189 Pl.322.
  • Coryphistes ruricola (Burmeister, 1838) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 264, 385.

References (14)

  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up
  • von Charpentier, T. (1845) Orthoptera descripta et depicta [1841-1845]. L. Woss, Lipsiae [Leipzig], 120 pp. (non numerate). Available at http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiuc.2859184
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1896) Orthoptera. Horn Exped. Centr. Austral., 2, 357–379. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/265829#page/417/mode/1up
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1904) Descriptions of some new species of Orthoptera from North-western S. Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 28, 162–167. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/108744#page/172/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1920) Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 20. Acridiodea. Arkiv för Zoologi, 12(20), 1–67. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30230#page/613/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1930) Australische Acrididen aus dem Museum zu Adelaide. Arkiv för Zoologi, 21A(21), 1–35.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, v-ix, 1–419.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species101213