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Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838)

Grass-mimicking Grasshopper

Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838): Page 189, Figure 5. Female. (Otu).
Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838): Page 189, Figure 5. Female. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500269; d29dcf66-b6f8-4703-8167-e3202e38c5ba: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500269; d29dcf66-b6f8-4703-8167-e3202e38c5ba: head, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500269; d29dcf66-b6f8-4703-8167-e3202e38c5ba: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500269; d29dcf66-b6f8-4703-8167-e3202e38c5ba: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500269; d29dcf66-b6f8-4703-8167-e3202e38c5ba: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538344; 7380dc96-004e-41b3-a845-1907259c9c3a: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538344; 7380dc96-004e-41b3-a845-1907259c9c3a: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538344; 7380dc96-004e-41b3-a845-1907259c9c3a: male head and pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538344; 7380dc96-004e-41b3-a845-1907259c9c3a: male head, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1538344; 7380dc96-004e-41b3-a845-1907259c9c3a: labels. (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; d29dcf66-b6f8-4703-8167-e3202e38c5ba; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

Nomenclature (59)

  • Mesops gracilis Burmeister, 1838: 610.

    Holotype; female; d29dcf66-b6f8-4703-8167-e3202e38c5ba; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

  • Mesops gracilis Burmeister, 1838 in Erichson, 1842: 251.
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  • Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) in Massa, 2018: 36.
  • Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 43.

Nomenclature references (30)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up
  • Davey, J.T., Descamps, M. & Demange, R. (1959) Notes on the Acrididae of the French Sudan with special reference to the Central Niger Delta (I, II). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 21(1-2), 60–112, 565–600.
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  • Descamps, M. (1965) Acridoides du Mali (deuxième contribution). Regions de San et Sikasso (zone soudanaise) (1 partie) et (2 partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 922–962, 1259–1314.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1964) Acridoidea. Exploration du Parc National de la Garamba, 44(3), 49–96.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1966) Acridoidea of Angola 2. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 74, 310–527.
  • Erichson, W.F. (1842) Beitrag zur Insecten-Fauna von Vandiemensland, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der geographischen Verbreitung der Insecten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Leipzig (N.F.), 8(1), 83–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13672266#page/97/mode/1up
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte I Acridoidea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(554), 1–35. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/41/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1897) Intorno ad alcuni Ortotteri raccolti dal Rev. L. Jalla a kazungula (Alto Zambesi). Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 12(290), 1–12. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=4L0WAAAAYAAJ
  • Hemp, C. (2009) Annotated list of Caelifera (Orthoptera) of Mt. Kilimanjaro. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 18(2), 183–214. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.018.0207
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, part 3: The Acridoidea excluding the Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(3), 303–339. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185629#page/47/mode/1up
  • Johnsen, P. (1980) New records of shorthorned grasshoppers from Botswana, with a description of Rhodesiana cuneicerca n. sp. (Insecta: Acridomorpha). Botswana Notes & Record, 12(1), 23–33. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/botnotes/12/1/AJA052550590_870
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Knipper, H. (1961) Geradflügler aus Ostafrika (Orthopteroida, Dermapteroida und Blattopteroida). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 11(3-4), 356–413. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/506
  • 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
  • Massa, B. (2018) Orthoptera collected during the expedition "Ethiopia, 100 years after Vittorio Bottego" and preserved in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "G. Doria" of Genoa. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria, 111, 24–42.
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) In Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.
  • Picker, M., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. (2005) In Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa. 444 pp.
  • Popov, G.B., Fishpool, L.D.C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2019) A review of the Acridinae s. str. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Acrididae) of eastern Africa with taxonomic changes and description of new taxa. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 28(1), 37–105. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/29312/
  • Roy, R. (1961) Orthoptera Acridoidea. Le Parc National du Niokolo-Koba fasc. II. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 62, 109–136. [1962]
  • Roy, R. (1965) Contribution a l'étude de la faune de la basse Casamance (Sénégal) XIV. Orthopteres Acridoidea. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 27, 614–631.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 7. Acridiodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 149–199. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/265/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1923) Acridoidea. Zoological Results of the Swedish Expedition to Central-Africa. 1921. Insecta I. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(6), 1–39.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1923) Revision der Truxaliden-Gattung Cannula Bol. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(21), 10 pp. [1924]
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1929) Acridiodea aus Zentralafrika gesammelt von R. Grauer während seiner Expedition 1909-1911. Arkiv för Zoologi, 20 A(15), 1–41.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1931) Acridiodea aus Kongo und anderen Teilen von Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi, 22A(15), 64 pp.
  • de Saussure, H. (1862) Etudes sur quelques orthoptères du Musée de Genève. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 1, 469–494. [1861] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34164
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Descendants and synonyms

  • Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838)
    • =Cannula albovittata Sjöstedt, 1923
    • =Cannula fenestrata Sjöstedt, 1923
    • =Cannula lamani Sjöstedt, 1923
    • =Calamus linearis Saussure, 1862
    • =Cannula macroptera Sjöstedt, 1931
    • =Cannula magniplaga Sjöstedt, 1931
    • =Cannula reducta Sjöstedt, 1931
    • =Cannula sulcata Sjöstedt, 1923
    • =Cannula tesselata Sjöstedt, 1923
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Graminicole, savanna grasslands.

Cannula gracilis (Burmeister, 1838)

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