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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Eumecistes gratiosus Brancsik, 1895

Variable Eumecistes

Nomenclature (8)

  • Eumecistes gratiosus Brancsik, 1895: 253.

    Syntype; female; 24ceb951-3fd6-4d73-86d7-ddd73d48d799; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); Australia: South Australia: Yorketown

  • Eumecistes gratiosus Brancsik, 1895 in Kirby, 1910: 436.
  • Eumecistes gratiosus Brancsik, 1895 in Rentz, 1996: 189 Pl.319.
  • Eumecistes gratiosus Brancsik, 1895 in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 255, 385-386.

References (8)

  • Brancsik, K. (1895) Orthoptera quaedam nova africana et australica. Jahresheft des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines des Trencsiner Comitates, 17–18, 243–262, tab. VII–IX.
  • 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. (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
  • Key, K.H.L. (1959) The ecology and biogeography of Australian grasshoppers and locusts. Biogeography & Ecology Australia, 192–210.
  • 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

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for agreeable or pleasing.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001