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Melicodes tenebrosus tenebrosus (Walker, 1870)

Melicodes tenebrosus tenebrosus (Walker, 1870): lateral view (Acridium cognatum). (Otu).
Melicodes tenebrosus tenebrosus (Walker, 1870): lateral view (Acridium cognatum). (Otu).
Melicodes tenebrosus tenebrosus (Walker, 1870): Lateral view (Acridium graminea). (Otu).

Nomenclature (20)

  • Acridium tenebrosum Walker, 1870: 567, 590.

    Holotype; male; 8863cb35-0e02-4c0f-8726-0508c3d619c6; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Philippines

  • Acridium cognatum Stål, 1877: 53.

    Holotype; female; 040ca60e-bb37-4436-a82a-f11f72801785; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Philippines

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  • Melicodes tenebrosa tenebrosa (Walker, 1870) in Kevan, 1966: 415.
  • Melicodes tenebrosus (Walker, 1870) in Centre for Overseas Pest Research, 1982: 333.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Bruner, L. (1915) Preliminary catalogue of the Orthopteroid insects of the Philippine Islands. University Studies, 15(2), 195–281 [1–87]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/94891#page/233/mode/1up
  • de Elera, C. (1895) Ortópteros. In Catálogo sistemático de toda la fauna de Filipinas. Vol. 2, 189–223. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/119869#page/7/mode/1up
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  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) Some Orthoptera-Caelifera from the Philippine, Bismarck and Solomon Islands, with a few interesting records from New Guinea and the Moluccas. Entomologiske Meddelelser, 34, 375–420. Available at https://danbif.dk/research-files/litteratur/entomologiske-meddelelser/bind-34/kevan__d._k._m._1966.pdf
  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. (1941) The Orthoptera of the Philippine Islands. Part II. Acrididae; Cyrtacanthacridinae group Cyrtacanthacrides. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 92, 245–287. [1940] Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=OZBm9fNUJxQC
  • Stål, C. (1877) Orthoptera nova ex Insulis Philippinis descripsit. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 34(10), 33–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100843#page/513/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1923) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orthoptera, Acrididae). III. Genera Valanga to Patanga. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12, 345–367.
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1957) Synopsis of the Acridoidea of the Indo-Malayan and adjacent regions (Insecta, Orthoptera) (contd.). Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 10, 227–500.

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