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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Angolacris Dirsh, 1962

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (3)

  • Angolacris Dirsh, 1962: 43.

    type species by original designation Angolacris rossi Dirsh, 1962

  • Angolacris Dirsh, 1962 in Otte, 1995: 269.
  • Angolacris Dirsh, 1962 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 58.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1962) Two new African genera of Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 38, 41–46. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157575
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from distribution in Angola and Greek ἀκρίς for grasshopper.

Stats

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