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Digrammacris distinguendus (Stål, 1861)

Digrammacris distinguendus (Stål, 1861): as Catantops coerulescens. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Digrammacris distinguendus (Stål, 1861): as Catantops coerulescens. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Digrammacris distinguendus (Stål, 1861): as Catantops coerulescens. male, lateral view. (Otu).
Digrammacris distinguendus (Stål, 1861): as Catantops coerulescens. dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Acridium (Catantops) distinguendum Stål, 1861: 331.

    Holotype; female; 365d4fe3-8ca7-4d4c-8535-0d0e12176477; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

  • Catantops distinguendus (Stål, 1861) in Walker, 1870: 638.
  • Catantops distinguendus (Stål, 1861) in Johnston, 1968: 259.
  • Digrammacris distinguendus (Stål, 1861) in Jago, 1984: 350.

References (10)

  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1931) Acridiodea aus Kongo und anderen Teilen von Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi, 22A(15), 64 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. & Uvarov, B.P. (1953) Preliminary diagnoses of new genera and new synonymy in Acrididae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 96, 231–237. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89813#page/259/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1955) A further contribution to our knowledge of the Acrididae (Orthoptera) of Angola. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 24, 61–82.
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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.
  • Jago, N.D. (1984) The alate genera of east African Catantopinae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) including revision of the genus Catantops Schaum. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 110(3), 295–387.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Distinguished.

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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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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034