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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Barombia Karsch, 1891

Type

type species by original monotypy of Barombia Karsch, 1891

Nomenclature (9)

  • Barombia Karsch, 1891: 180.

    type species by original monotypy Barombia tuberculosa Karsch, 1891

  • Barombia Karsch, 1891 in Kirby, 1910: 386.
  • Barombia Karsch, 1891 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 90.
  • Barombia Karsch, 1891 (classified as Ixalidiidae Hemp, Song & Ritchie, 2025) in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 498.

References (9)

  • Hemp, C., Ritchie, J.M., Cigliano, M.M., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B., Linde, J.B., Uluar, O., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Song, H. (2025) Out of sight, out of mind? Ixalidiidae, a new family of African forest grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) revealed by molecular phylogenetics and genital morphology. Zoosystema, 47(24), 489–553. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a24
  • Jago, N.D. (1964) Five new grasshoppers from Africa with notes on the genera Auloserpusia Rehn, 1914 and Lobopoma Karsch. 1896 (Orth. Acrididae). Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 40, 205–228. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/160194
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1891) Verzeichnis der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss in Kamerun erbeuteten Acridiodeen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(1), 175–196. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1958) The species of the West African Genus Barombia (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae. Notulae Naturae, 311, 1–5. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=ADLTepJqDasC
  • 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:

Named after the Barombi Station in Cameroon where the type species was found.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species1034