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Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878)

Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): endophallic plates (basal and apical valves of aedeagus) and cingulum, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): endophallic plates (basal and apical valves of aedeagus) and cingulum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): epiphallus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): distal portion of aedeagal valves, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): distal portion of aedeagal valves, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 1. male habitus. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 42. male fastigium, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 43. male forehead, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 32. male, hind femur. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 37. male cercus. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 4. aedeagus, caudal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 27. aedeagus, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 26. aedeagus apex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 5. cingulum and endophallus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 6. cingulum and endophallus, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 7. endophallus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 9. endophallus, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 6. endophallus, ventral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 10. epiphallus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 11. epiphallus, lateral view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 2. epiphallus, ectophallus and apex of aedeagus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Ponderacris peruviana (Stål, 1878): Fig. 3. epiphallus, ectophallus and apex of aedeagus, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Pezotettix peruvianus Stål, 1878: 7.

    Syntype; male; 0f8cc568-3b51-437e-81ab-9d8458b3c34d; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Peru. Syntype; female; a9ba445a-4286-4db9-99d6-544645d8aa68; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Peru

  • Dichroplus peruvianus (Stål, 1878) in Scudder, 1897: 406.
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  • Ponderacris peruvianus (Stål, 1878) in Ronderos & Cigliano, 1991: 176.
  • Ponderacris peruvianus (Stål, 1878) in Pocco, Posadas, Lange & Cigliano, 2013: 376.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Bruner, L. (1910) Report on an interesting collection of locusts from Peru. Trudy Russkogo Entomologicheskogo Obshchestva, 39, 464–488. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/84670#page/584/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
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  • Liebermann, J. (1963) Cinco notas sobre Acridiologia. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 26(1-4), 13–20. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/43086
  • Liebermann, J. (1967) Lista alfabética preliminar de las tucuras de la tribu Dichroplini de la región neotropical (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 30(1-4), 27–36. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/42296
  • Pocco, M.E., Posadas, P., Lange, C.E. & Cigliano, M.M. (2013) Patterns of diversification in the high Andean Ponderacris grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Systematic Entomology, 38(2), 365–389.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1913) Descriptions and records of South American Orthoptera, with the description of a new subspecies from Clarion Island. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 65, 82–113. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30014
  • Ronderos, R.A. & Carbonell, C.S. (1971) Revisión de las especies del grupo Peruvianus del género Dichroplus Stal (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cantantopinae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 33, 13–31. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/41912
  • Ronderos, R.A. & Cigliano, M.M. (1991) The Andean Dichroplini: cladistic analysis with description of Keyacris n. gen. and Ponderacris n. gen. (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 117(3-4), 167–191.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1897) Revision of the Orthopteran group Melanopli (Acrididae) with special reference to North American forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 20(1124), 1–421. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/revisionoforthop00scudrich
  • Stål, C. (1878) Observationes orthoptérologiques 3. De genere Pezotettigis et nonnullis generibus affinibus. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 5(9), 1–20. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49816#page/403/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after distribution in Peru.

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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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