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species

Desertaria lepida (Walker, 1870)

Ungee-gungee

CollectionObject 1507091; 3a5d60e1-a423-4287-8bcb-e581989e5db7: labels (holotype of Peakesia affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507091; 3a5d60e1-a423-4287-8bcb-e581989e5db7: labels (holotype of Peakesia affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507091; 3a5d60e1-a423-4287-8bcb-e581989e5db7: male, lateral view (holotype of Peakesia affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507091; 3a5d60e1-a423-4287-8bcb-e581989e5db7: male, dorsal view (holotype of Peakesia affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507091; 3a5d60e1-a423-4287-8bcb-e581989e5db7: male, frontal view (holotype of Peakesia affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507091; 3a5d60e1-a423-4287-8bcb-e581989e5db7: male abdomen tip, dorsal view (holotype of Peakesia affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507091; 3a5d60e1-a423-4287-8bcb-e581989e5db7: male hind leg, external view (holotype of Peakesia affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507091; 3a5d60e1-a423-4287-8bcb-e581989e5db7: male, internal view (holotype of Peakesia affinis). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574946; 801d1624-8bb5-4f85-b1ea-f7f3334478fb: labels (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574946; 801d1624-8bb5-4f85-b1ea-f7f3334478fb: female, lateral view (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574946; 801d1624-8bb5-4f85-b1ea-f7f3334478fb: female, dorsal view (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574946; 801d1624-8bb5-4f85-b1ea-f7f3334478fb: female, frontal view (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574946; 801d1624-8bb5-4f85-b1ea-f7f3334478fb: female, ventral view (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574947; cb94ef18-a6db-41d0-ac39-e84a6cdeeaa5: labels (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574947; cb94ef18-a6db-41d0-ac39-e84a6cdeeaa5: female, lateral view (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574947; cb94ef18-a6db-41d0-ac39-e84a6cdeeaa5: female, dorsal view (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574947; cb94ef18-a6db-41d0-ac39-e84a6cdeeaa5: female, frontal view (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1574947; cb94ef18-a6db-41d0-ac39-e84a6cdeeaa5: female, ventral view (paralectotype of Desertaria cinnamomea). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; male; 559cd8f9-6a0c-46be-8da9-4fe8797598c3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

Nomenclature (18)

  • Caloptenus [sic] lepidus Walker, 1870: 709.

    Holotype; male; 559cd8f9-6a0c-46be-8da9-4fe8797598c3; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Desertaria cinnamomea Sjöstedt, 1920: 42.
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  • Desertaria lepida (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, 1996: 182 Pl.268.
  • Desertaria lepida (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 102.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Key, K.H.L. (1981) Lectotype designations for Australian Acrididae and Tetrigidae (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 17, 1–58.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
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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. (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
  • Weidner, H. & Wagner, W. (1968) Die Entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg VII. Teil. Insecta IV. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 65, 123–179. Available at http://www.cenak.uni-hamburg.de/sammlungen/zoologie/entomologie/typenkatalog/weidner-1968-caelifera-homoptera.pdf
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Descendants and synonyms

  • Desertaria lepida (Walker, 1870)
    • =Peakesia affinis Sjöstedt, 1921
    • =Desertaria cinnamomea Sjöstedt, 1920
    • =Desertaria conspersa Sjöstedt, 1920
    • =Desertaria histrio Sjöstedt, 1920
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivelepidus, lepida, lepidum
Etymology:

Latin for pleasant or charming.

Desertaria lepida (Walker, 1870)

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