Species

Phanerocerus testudo Saussure, 1888

Armoured Stonehopper

Nomenclature (6)

Phanerocerus testudo Saussure, 1888: 97.
Syntype; male; 79fe34bb-70f4-4769-8b81-ac855ce11e7c; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Australia: South Australia. Syntype; female; 61ada926-5599-434c-a6f1-9ad9c2a93012; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Australia: South Australia
Phanerocerus testudo Saussure, 1888 in Sjöstedt, 1921: 63.
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de Saussure, H. (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up
Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, part 3: The Acridoidea excluding the Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(3), 303–339. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185629#page/47/mode/1up
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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

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Latin for tortoise or turtle.

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	0	1