species

Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859)

CollectionObject 1507068; 5af54f2f-a836-485b-9fe9-55a654a3e449: male, lateral view (holotype of Acrida curta). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1507068; 5af54f2f-a836-485b-9fe9-55a654a3e449: male, dorsal view (holotype of Acrida curta). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1507068; 5af54f2f-a836-485b-9fe9-55a654a3e449: male, frontal view (holotype of Acrida curta). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1507068; 5af54f2f-a836-485b-9fe9-55a654a3e449: labels (holotype of Acrida curta). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1507249; 92b17c1c-cc8b-4985-ba9a-9c2a7123117a: female, lateral view (paratype of Acrida curta). (CollectionObject).

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CollectionObject 1507250; e2114929-f22d-4924-89c9-a70fd6343d19: female, dorsal view (paratype of Acrida curta). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1507250; e2114929-f22d-4924-89c9-a70fd6343d19: labels (paratype of Acrida curta). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Syntype; bc84fd6d-7e29-4927-a3de-b84bc4dad018; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka

Nomenclature (55)

Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859: 222.
Syntype; bc84fd6d-7e29-4927-a3de-b84bc4dad018; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka
Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893: 162, 164.
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Acrida lugubris Burr, 1902: 157, 170.
Syntype; ff186d63-276a-43b1-9cfc-7aeb5f172ac3; Sri Lanka
Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893 in Bolívar, 1902: 588.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Kirby, 1910: 94.
Acrida lugubris Burr, 1902 in Kirby, 1914: 99.
Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893 (synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Kirby, 1914: 99.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Kirby, 1914: 99.
Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893 (synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Uvarov, 1921: 481.
Acrida lugubris Burr, 1902 (subjective synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Uvarov, 1921: 481.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Uvarov, 1921: 481.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Uvarov, 1929: 535.
Acrida curta Uvarov, 1936: 536.
Holotype; male; 5af54f2f-a836-485b-9fe9-55a654a3e449; deposited at: Zoologisches Institut und Zoologisches Museum, Universitat Hamburg (ZMUH); Yemen: Amanat Al Asimah: Sanaa
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Sandrasagara, 1949: 142.
Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893 (synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951: 404 [22].
Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893 (synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Willemse, 1951: 100.
Acrida lugubris Burr, 1902 (subjective synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951: 404 [22].
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951: 404 [22].
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Willemse, 1951: 100.
Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893 (synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 231.
Acrida curta Uvarov, 1936 (subjective synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 231.
Acrida lugubris Burr, 1902 (subjective synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 231.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Dirsh & Uvarov, 1953: 231.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Dirsh, 1954: 149.
Acrida astigmata Prasad, 1956: 22.
Holotype; male; 571e2ded-7f8c-4b03-ad19-4a92aba28947; deposited at: Allahabad Museum (Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh); India: Phaphaman
Acrida astigmata Prasad, 1956 (subjective synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Dirsh, 1961: 398.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Shumakov, 1963: 118.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Chopard & Dreux, 1966: 612.
Acrida curta Uvarov, 1936 (subjective synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Weidner & Wagner, 1968: 127.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Bey-Bienko, 1968: 69.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Centre for Overseas Pest Research, 1982: 379.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Yin, 1984: 237.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Bhowmik, 1986: 36.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Sathe & Joshi, 1988
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Ingrisch, 1990: 176.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Mondal, Hazra & Tandon, 1999: 66.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Ingrisch & Garai, 2001: 762.
Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893 (synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Yin & Xia, 2003: 224.
Acrida curta Uvarov, 1936 (subjective synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Yin & Xia, 2003: 224.
Acrida lugubris Burr, 1902 (subjective synonym of Truxalis exaltata Walker, 1859) in Yin & Xia, 2003: 224.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Yin & Xia, 2003: 224.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Ganguly, Malakar, Anand, Das & Haldar, 2008: 97.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Shishodia, Chandra & Gupta, 2010: 15.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Azim & Reshi, 2010: 220.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Nayeem & Usmani, 2012: 404.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Koli, Gaikwad, Bharmal & Bhawane, 2013
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Sultana, Wagan & Wagan, 2013
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Kumar & Usmani, 2014: 143.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Prabakar, Prabakaran & Chezhian, 2015: 346.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Kumar & Usmani, 2016: 82.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Khan & Usmani, 2016: 8390.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Naseer & Amir, 2016
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Memon & Panhwar, 2021: 9.

Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Baba, Usmani & Naz, 2022: 1539.
Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859) in Subedi & Bhaskar, 2023: 595.

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Descendants and synonyms

Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859)
- =Acrida astigmata Prasad, 1956
- =Tryxalis [sic] brevicollis Bolívar, 1893
- =Acrida curta Uvarov, 1936
- =Acrida lugubris Burr, 1902

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Acrida exaltata (Walker, 1859)

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