Orthoptera Species File

species

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).

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.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	1	2