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Moessonia tenebrifera (Walker, 1870)

Nomenclature (14)

  • Acridium tenebriferum Walker, 1870: 633.

    Holotype; female; 8c0dbce5-d5a9-46bb-be8d-45299eec2af9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Catantops aberrans Karny, 1907: 318, 341 341.

    Holotype; female; 780889b7-4cd2-4827-b316-9bb905b7d1e7; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Moessonia tenebrifera (Walker, 1870) in Monk & Butlin, 1990: 34.
  • Moessonia celebesia Willemse, 1922 (subjective synonym of Acridium tenebriferum Walker, 1870) in Otte, 1995: 314.

References (10)

  • 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
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. IX. Die Orthopterenfauna des ägyptischen Sudans und von Nord-Uganda (Saltatoria, Gressoria, Dermaptera) mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Acridoideengattung Catantops. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (Abt. 1), 116, 267–378. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31621#page/307/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1922) Description de trois nouveaux genres d'Orthoptères Fam. Acridiens, sous-famille, Cyrtacanthacrinae de Borneo, de Celebes et de Tonkin. Entomologische Mitteilungen, 11(1), 3–8. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39843#page/259/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum 4. Identification of the types of Acrididae preserved in the Museum. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 72(3-4), 265–301. [1924]
  • 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.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1966) List of new taxa of Orthoptera described by C. Willemse. Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 16, 31–42.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1966) List of the types of Orthoptera in the collection of C. Willemse at the Natuurhistorisch Museum of Maastricht. Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 16, 43–73.
  • Monk, K.A. & Butlin, R.K. (1990) A biogeographic account of the grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 133, 31–38. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28195685#page/41/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.

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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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