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type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (3)

  • Zeylonacris Rehn, 1944: 88.

    type species by original designation Tarbaleus cingalensis Kirby, 1914

  • Zeylonacris Rehn, 1944 in Otte, 1995: 346.
  • Zeylonacris Rehn, 1944 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 756.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1944) A review of the Old World Euthymiae (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 96, 1–135. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=axt087cw1R0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0
  • 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:

From the island of Ceylon, the habitat of the genotypic species.

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
species3025