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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Burttia Dirsh, 1951

Type

type species by original designation of Burttia Dirsh, 1951

Nomenclature (7)

  • Burttia Dirsh, 1951: 73.

    type species by original designation Burttia sylvatica Dirsh, 1951

  • Burttia Dirsh, 1951 in Johnston, 1956: 296.
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  • Burttia Dirsh, 1951 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 66.
  • Burttia Dirsh, 1951 in Hemp & Rowell, 2022: 1.

References (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1951) Some new and little-known African Acrididae (Orthotpera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 20, 73–79.
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2022) A new species of Burttia Dirsh (Caelifera, Acridoidea, Acrididae, Catantopinae) from the Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 31(1), 1–7. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/70565/
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  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2018) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 3. Acrididae: Catantopinae. 224 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:

Named after E. Burtt, who collected the specimens, together with a vast number of other Acrididae.

Stats

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