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Porraxia nana Sjöstedt, 1921

Perth Porraxia
CollectionObject 1507094; ff86fca0-f4d3-4838-ad91-8ddeb4fa7799: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507094; ff86fca0-f4d3-4838-ad91-8ddeb4fa7799: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507094; ff86fca0-f4d3-4838-ad91-8ddeb4fa7799: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507094; ff86fca0-f4d3-4838-ad91-8ddeb4fa7799: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507094; ff86fca0-f4d3-4838-ad91-8ddeb4fa7799: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1507094; ff86fca0-f4d3-4838-ad91-8ddeb4fa7799: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Porraxia nana Sjöstedt, 1921: 255.

    Holotype; female; ff86fca0-f4d3-4838-ad91-8ddeb4fa7799; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); Australia: Western Australia: Perth, Subiaco

  • Porraxia nana Sjöstedt, 1921 in Weidner & Wagner, 1968: 131.
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  • Porraxia nana Sjöstedt, 1921 in Otte, 1995: 243.
  • Porraxia nana Sjöstedt, 1921 in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 211.

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) 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
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to small size (Latin for dwarf).

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