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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Merehana Kevan, 1957

Type

type species by original designation of Merehana Kevan, 1957

Nomenclature (9)

  • Merehana Kevan, 1957: 203.

    type species by original designation Merehana gharrei Kevan, 1957

  • Merehana Kevan, 1957 in Dirsh, 1958: 241.
  • Merehana Kevan, 1957 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 415.
  • Merehana Kevan, 1957 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 142.

References (9)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1957) Orthoptera-Caelifera from northern Kenya and Jubaland. II. Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae and Romaleinae. Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 22, 193–208.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Synonymic and systematic notes on African Acridoidea (Orthotpera). Revista de Entomologia de Moçambique, 1, 239–244.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Ritchie, J.M. (1982) New and little-known Acridoidea (Insecta, Orthoptera) from Somalia. 1. The genus Merehana Kevan and its taxonomic affinities, with a redefinition of the Shelforditinae. Monitore zoologico italiano (N.S.), Suppl. 17(6), 171–181. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03749444.1982.10736664
  • Baccetti, B. (1984) Notulae orthopterologicae. 39. New or little known East-African grasshoppers. Redia, 67, 367–400.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species2002