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Macrotona picta (Sjöstedt, 1920)

Macrotona picta (Sjöstedt, 1920): Fig. 7. female (body length including elytra 33 mm, elytra 23 mm, hind tibiae 18 mm). (Otu).
Macrotona picta (Sjöstedt, 1920): Fig. 7. female (body length including elytra 33 mm, elytra 23 mm, hind tibiae 18 mm). (Otu).
Macrotona picta (Sjöstedt, 1920): Fig. 7. female head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Macrotona picta (Sjöstedt, 1920): Fig. 7. female head, frontal view. (Otu).
Macrotona picta (Sjöstedt, 1920): Fig. 7. female prosternal process. (Otu).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; e43d7b49-19f6-438a-b78f-72b92654d98c; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia: Queensland

Nomenclature (4)

  • Eumacrotona picta Sjöstedt, 1920: 55. (valid)

    Holotype; female; e43d7b49-19f6-438a-b78f-72b92654d98c; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Australia: Queensland

  • Eumacrotona picta Sjöstedt, 1920 in Sjöstedt, 1921: 230.
  • Eumacrotona picta Sjöstedt, 1920 (subjective synonym of Heteracris australis Walker, 1870) in Uvarov, 1930: 601.
  • Macrotona picta (Sjöstedt, 1920) in Key, 1986: 21.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • 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
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1930) Synonymic notes on Australian Acrididae (Orth.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 598–603.
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Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

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