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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Gemeneta Karsch, 1892

Type

type species by original monotypy of Gemeneta Karsch, 1892

Nomenclature (14)

  • Gemeneta Karsch, 1892: 71.

    type species by original monotypy Gemeneta terrea Karsch, 1892

  • Escalera Bolívar, 1905: 231.

    type species by original monotypy Escalera opilionoides Bolívar, 1905

  • Escalera Bolívar, 1905 (subjective synonym of Gemeneta Karsch, 1892) in Oumarou-Ngoute & Kekeunou, 2017: 163.
  • Gemeneta Karsch, 1892 in Rowell & Hemp, 2018: 118.

References (10)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1892) Verzeichniss der von Herrn Dr. Paul Preuss im Kamerungebirge erbeuteten Orthopteren. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 37, 65–78. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101149
  • Bolívar, I. (1905) Ortópteros acridioideos de la Guinea española. Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 1, 209–240. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44407#page/248/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Synonymic and taxonomic notes on Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 34, 25–32. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/155357
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Kekeunou, S. (2017) Redescription and diagnosis of the African genus Gemeneta Karsch, 1892 (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Catantopinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 26(2), 161–170. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/19995/
  • 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

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species2024