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CollectionObject 1569267; a33551a5-a498-4201-a0f8-cee708c821a5: male, lateral view (paratype of Microcatantops brachypterus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569267; a33551a5-a498-4201-a0f8-cee708c821a5: male, lateral view (paratype of Microcatantops brachypterus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569267; a33551a5-a498-4201-a0f8-cee708c821a5: male, dorsal view (paratype of Microcatantops brachypterus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569267; a33551a5-a498-4201-a0f8-cee708c821a5: male, ventral view (paratype of Microcatantops brachypterus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569267; a33551a5-a498-4201-a0f8-cee708c821a5: male, frontal view (paratype of Microcatantops brachypterus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1569267; a33551a5-a498-4201-a0f8-cee708c821a5: male, dorsal view (paratype of Microcatantops brachypterus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Cerechta bouvieri Bolívar, 1922: 188.

    Syntype; male; 4ac18cac-400a-4147-a2c6-f906a1446c91; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Kenya: Rift Valley: Molo

  • Microcatantops brachypterus Ramme, 1929: 440.

    Holotype; male; f9448bd9-aebc-4f72-ae3a-c3152fb92b50; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Kenya: Changamwe, near Mombasa

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  • Cerechta bouvieri Bolívar, 1922 in Paul, 1997: 196.
  • Cerechta bouvieri Bolívar, 1922 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 88.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Bolívar, I. (1922) Orthoptères. Première Partie. In Voyage de M. le baron Maurice de Rothschild en Éthiopie et en Afrique orientale anglaise (1904-1905) : résultats scientifiques : animaux articulés. Paris. 167–219 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/156285#page/195/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Preliminary revision of the genus Catantops Schaum and review of the group Catantopini (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 28, 11–151.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Acridological notes. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 101, 51–63. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89774#page/65/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1951) Preliminary records of some Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from remote parts of East Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4(43), 713–718.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Paul, J. (1997) One and a half years of Kenyan Orthoptera: 2. Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae and spur-throated Acrididae. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 109, 193–198. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30062433#page/211/mode/1up
  • Ramme, W. (1929) Afrikanische Acrididae. Revisionen und Beschreibungen wenig bekannter und neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 15, 247–492.
  • 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

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Dedicated to Eugène Louis Bouvier (1856–1944), professor at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.

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