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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Erythropomala amaena (Walker, 1870)

Pleasing Grasshopper
Erythropomala amaena (Walker, 1870): Pl. 2, Fig. 2. male Erythropomala belone Sjöstedt (elytra length 26 mm, hind tibiae 13 mm). (Otu).
Erythropomala amaena (Walker, 1870): Pl. 2, Fig. 2. male Erythropomala belone Sjöstedt (elytra length 26 mm, hind tibiae 13 mm). (Otu).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Opomala [sic] amaena Walker, 1870: 515.

    Holotype; male; 90201ceb-7edf-402e-9433-e8230dbfdfbd; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Opomala [sic] brevitibia Walker, 1870: 515.

    Holotype; female; 21689de8-a42d-42c4-b707-9321bd9040e9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Erythropomala amaena (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, 1996: 189 Pl.320.
  • Erythropomala amaena (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 257.

References (8)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
Species1078