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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958

Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 5. male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 1. hind femur, external view. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 6. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 7. male cercus, lateral aspect. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 8. male epiphallus with oval sclerite. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 9. male phallic complex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 10. male phallic complex, showing variation in shape of Bp. and Apd. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 11. male phallic complex, lateral view. (Otu).
Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: Fig. 12. female spermatheca. (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958: 329.

    Holotype; male; 7d3ff56c-c92a-41b3-bf13-65d848f8cd8a; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); Karroo Region, Groot Vloor

  • Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958 in Dirsh, 1965: 291.
  • Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958 in Johnston, 1968: 216.
  • Brownacris microptera Dirsh, 1958 in Brown, 1972: 51.

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 vestigial wings.

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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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