Species

Raniliella testudo Sjöstedt, 1921

Living Stone

Nomenclature (4)

Raniliella testudo Sjöstedt, 1921: 66.
Syntype; female; 26d50b48-3fde-4083-aa00-bf33cbebdd18; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: South Australia: E of Lake Eyre, Kilalpaninna
Raniliella testudo Sjöstedt, 1921 in Key, 1986: 25.

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

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