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Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894)

Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): female, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): female, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): male. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): female (Bolivia, Road from Santa Cruz to Samaipata, La Angostura). (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): male (Bolivia, Road from Santa Cruz to Samaipata, La Angostura). (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1A. head of male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1B. head of female, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1C. epiproct of male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1D. cercus of male. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1E. lateral sclerites of ventral lobe, caudal view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1F. lateral sclerites of ventral lobe, lateral view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1G. aedeagus, lateral view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1H. aedeagus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 1I. aedeagus, caudal view. (Otu).
Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894): Fig. 17A. apex of subgenital plate of female. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1543603; f502efd1-3996-4960-887b-1aba295f74ca: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (syntype or lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543603; f502efd1-3996-4960-887b-1aba295f74ca: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, dorsal view (syntype or holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543696; 566922cb-4678-481c-a77d-cf723a523ca6: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (syntype or lectoallotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1543696; 566922cb-4678-481c-a77d-cf723a523ca6: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (syntype or lectoallotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (10)

  • Scopas obesus Giglio-Tos, 1894: 29.

    Syntype; male; f502efd1-3996-4960-887b-1aba295f74ca; deposited at: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (MRSN); Paraguay: Asunción: Central: Asuncion. Syntype; male; 566922cb-4678-481c-a77d-cf723a523ca6; deposited at: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (MRSN); Paraguay: Asunción: Central: Asuncion

  • Scopas obesus Giglio-Tos, 1894 in Rehn, 1905: 42.
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  • Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894) in Centre for Overseas Pest Research, 1982: 174.
  • Parascopas obesus (Giglio-Tos, 1894) in Carbonell, Cigliano & Lange, 2006

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Bruner, L. (1906) Synoptic list of Paraguayan Acrididae, or locusts, with descriptions of new forms. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 30(1461), 613–694. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53722#page/711/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1920) Saltatorial Orthoptera from South America and the Isle of Pines. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 5–91. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118#page/19/mode/1up
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  • Carbonell, C.S., Cigliano, M.M. & Lange, C.E. (2006) Especies de acridomorfos (Orthoptera) de Argentina y Uruguay / Acridomorph (Orthoptera) species of Argentina and Uruguay. The Orthopterists' Society.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1894) Ortotteri del viaggio dell dott. Alfredo Borelli nella Republica Argentina e nel Paraguay. VII. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 9(184), 1–46. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41990#page/177/mode/1up
  • Liebermann, J. (1939) Catálogo sistemático y biogeográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 10, 125–230. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/58220
  • Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) In Cataloghi IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 1–127 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1905) Records of some Paraguayan Orthoptera with the description of a new genus and species. Entomological News, 16, 37–42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20200#page/65/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1907) Non-saltatorial and acridoid Orthoptera from Sapucay, Paraguay. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 59, 151–192. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38138#page/191/mode/1up
  • Ronderos, R.A. (1976) Revisión del género Parascopas Bruner (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Melanoplianae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 35(1-4), 175–192. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/41826

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