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Macrazelota cervina (Walker, 1870)

Common Pig-head

Nomenclature (11)

  • Platacanthus cervinus Walker, 1870: 715.

    Holotype; female; 5d444cb0-7667-4071-907f-7a3049767113; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Gerenia dilatata Tepper, 1896: 374.

    Holotype; male; f6258e3c-7632-4bd8-a1b1-932a7eeaaa14; deposited at: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia (SAMA); Australia: Northern Territory: Alice Springs

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  • Macrazelota cervina (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, 1996: 191 Pl.330.
  • Macrazelota cervina (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 326, 387.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • 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
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  • 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. (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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1930) Australische Acrididen aus dem Museum zu Adelaide. Arkiv för Zoologi, 21A(21), 1–35.
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich

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