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Xanterriaria mediocris (Sjöstedt, 1921)

Mediocre Grasshopper

Type specimen

Syntype; female; ace679eb-fc68-4565-84fb-b8167bd43c34; deposited at: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia (SAMA); Australia: Northern Territory: Bathurst Island

Nomenclature (7)

  • Peakesia mediocris Sjöstedt, 1921: 180.

    Syntype; female; ace679eb-fc68-4565-84fb-b8167bd43c34; deposited at: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia (SAMA); Australia: Northern Territory: Bathurst Island

  • Xanterriaria concolor Sjöstedt, 1934: 523.

    Holotype; female; 8f88ac3c-086e-4719-a564-b0594e8c73c3; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMBA); Australia: Northern Territory: Pine Creek

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  • Xanterriaria mediocris (Sjöstedt, 1921) in Rentz, 1996: 183 Pl.278.
  • Xanterriaria mediocris (Sjöstedt, 1921) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 148.

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.
  • 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. (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. (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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1934) New Acrididae from North Australia. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 41(33), 521–524. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/177005#page/547/mode/1up
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Descendants and synonyms

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivemediocris, mediocris, mediocre

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