Orthoptera Species File
species

Ecphantus quadrilobus Stål, 1878

crested tooth grinder
CollectionObject 1502148; 37a5a601-7a4b-46dd-9b63-6b1efd275360: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502148; 37a5a601-7a4b-46dd-9b63-6b1efd275360: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502148; 37a5a601-7a4b-46dd-9b63-6b1efd275360: female, lateral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502148; 37a5a601-7a4b-46dd-9b63-6b1efd275360: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502148; 37a5a601-7a4b-46dd-9b63-6b1efd275360: female, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502148; 37a5a601-7a4b-46dd-9b63-6b1efd275360: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Ecphantus quadrilobus Stål, 1878: 71.

    Holotype; female; 2cd6ed28-28be-4ac7-89dd-6f231887066e; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia: Queensland

  • Ecphantus cristatus Tepper, 1896: 374.

    Syntypes (n= 2); female; 72100c0e-5715-4479-83a1-8478d51d5494; deposited at: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia (SAMA); Australia: Victoria: Stevenson River

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  • Ecphantus cristatus Tepper, 1896 (subjective synonym of Ecphantus quadrilobus Stål, 1878) in Storozhenko & Kim, 2016: 155.
  • Ecphantus quadrilobatus [sic] Stål, 1878 (misspelling of Ecphantus quadrilobus Stål, 1878)

Nomenclature references (10)

  • 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.
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  • 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) In A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. v-ix, 1–419.
  • 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
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. & Kim, T.-W. (2016) A new species in the genus Alectorolophus Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 from Indonesia with discussion on its position compared to allied genera in subfamily Catantopinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Zootaxa, 4121(2), 147–158.
  • Stål, C. (1878) Systema Acridiodeorum. Essai d'une systématisation des acridiodées. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 5(4), 1–100. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49816#page/127/mode/1up
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1896) Orthoptera. Horn Exped. Centr. Austral., 2, 357–379. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/265829#page/417/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Relating to pronotum crest which is divided into four lobes.

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