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Macrotona mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1920

Handsome Macrotona
Macrotona mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1920: Fig. 9. female (body length including elytra 36 mm). (Otu).
Macrotona mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1920: Fig. 9. female (body length including elytra 36 mm). (Otu).
Macrotona mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1920: p. 57. original description. (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Macrotona mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1920: 57.
  • Macrotona mjöbergi [sic] Sjöstedt, 1920: 57. (not Latin)

    Syntype; male; a67b73d1-b5a1-48ca-9276-14053264b09d; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia: Queensland: Herberton

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  • Macrotona mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1920 in Otte, 1995: 235.
  • Macrotona mjobergi Sjöstedt, 1920 in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 281.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • 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.
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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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the Swedish zoologist Eric Georg Mjöberg (1882–1938) who collected type specimens.

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