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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Brownacris Dirsh, 1958

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (7)

  • Brownacris Dirsh, 1958: 328.

    type species by original designation Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958

  • Brownacris Dirsh, 1958 in Dirsh, 1965: 291.
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  • Brownacris Dirsh, 1958 in Otte, 1995: 196.
  • Brownacris Dirsh, 1958 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 107.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Brown, H.D. (1972) Revision of the genus Brownacris Dirsh, 1958 with descriptions of new species (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Annale van die Transvaal Museum, 28(4), 47–77. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/nfi_annalstm/28/5/AJA00411752_260
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) New Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from the Karroo Region, South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 21, 323–332. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/21/2/AJA00128789_2513
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Grunshaw, J.P. (1991) A revision of the grasshopper genus Heteracris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Eyprepocnemidinae). Natural Resources Institute Bulletin, 38, i-iv, 1–106. Available at http://gala.gre.ac.uk/11108/1/11108_Grunshaw_A%20revision%20of%20the%20grasshopper%20genus%20%28book%29%201991.pdf
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

The genus is named after Mr. H. Dick Brown who collected the specimens.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species7007