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Cuparessa testacea Sjöstedt, 1921

Purple-footed Hairy Rockhopper

Nomenclature (4)

  • Cuparessa testacea Sjöstedt, 1921: 130.

    Syntype; female; 096ea475-72e0-4844-8e92-836b7b4317ad; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: South Australia: E of Lake Eyre, Kilalpaninna

  • Cuparessa testacea Sjöstedt, 1921 in Key, 1986: 15.
  • Cuparessa testacea Sjöstedt, 1921 in Otte, 1995: 213.
  • Cuparessa testacea Sjöstedt, 1921 in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 94.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • 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., 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.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Testaceous, reddish-brown.

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