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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958

Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: dorsal view. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig.14. male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 15. male left cercus, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 16. epiphallus. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 17. phallic complex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 18. phallic complex, showing variation in shapes of Bp. and Apd. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 19. phallic complex, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 20. female spermatheca. (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958: 329.

    Holotype; male; TMSA TM No. 93; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); Great Karroo, Koup Area

  • Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958 in Dirsh, 1965: 292.
  • Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958 in Johnston, 1968: 216.
  • Brownacris brachyptera Dirsh, 1958 in Brown, 1972: 53.

References (4)

  • 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
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the short wings, with the elytra reaching the middle of the fourth abdominal tergite.

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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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Species1001