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Macrotona lineosa (Walker, 1870)

Blue-legged Macrotona
Macrotona lineosa (Walker, 1870): p. 55. synonym Eumacrotona straminea Sjöstedt 1920, original description. (Otu).
Macrotona lineosa (Walker, 1870): p. 55. synonym Eumacrotona straminea Sjöstedt 1920, original description. (Otu).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Heteracris lineosa Walker, 1870: 673.

    Holotype; female; 09d38b06-5b10-4366-a165-de05cbe6eb8f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Heteracris lineosa Walker, 1870 in Kirby, 1910: 555.
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  • Macrotona lineosa (Walker, 1870) in Key, 1986: 21.
  • Macrotona lineosa (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 282.

Nomenclature references (6)

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