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Anaeolopus dorsalis (Thunberg, 1815)

Anaeolopus dorsalis (Thunberg, 1815): 2011. male (Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve). (Otu).
Anaeolopus dorsalis (Thunberg, 1815): 2011. male (Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve). (Otu).
Anaeolopus dorsalis (Thunberg, 1815): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Anaeolopus dorsalis (Thunberg, 1815): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Anaeolopus dorsalis (Thunberg, 1815): dorsal view. (Otu).
Anaeolopus dorsalis (Thunberg, 1815): as Anaeolopus socius. male, lateral view. (Otu).
Anaeolopus dorsalis (Thunberg, 1815): as Anaeolopus socius. female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500268; 7f74666c-f8b6-4189-8fa9-7d9ecf0daf67: male, lateral view (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500268; 7f74666c-f8b6-4189-8fa9-7d9ecf0daf67: male, dorsal view (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500268; 7f74666c-f8b6-4189-8fa9-7d9ecf0daf67: male, ventral view (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500268; 7f74666c-f8b6-4189-8fa9-7d9ecf0daf67: labels (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575300; a1021366-b37d-40b7-9840-e167a836eb5a: female, lateral view (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575300; a1021366-b37d-40b7-9840-e167a836eb5a: female, lateral view (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575300; a1021366-b37d-40b7-9840-e167a836eb5a: female, dorsal view (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575300; a1021366-b37d-40b7-9840-e167a836eb5a: female, ventral view (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1575300; a1021366-b37d-40b7-9840-e167a836eb5a: labels (syntype of Gomphocerus (Epacromia) socius). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (19)

  • Gryllus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815: 229. (valid)

    Syntype; 376b036b-4046-415b-97b7-d9553f67c7db; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); Africa

  • Gomphocerus socius Stål, 1861: 342.

    Syntype; male; 7f74666c-f8b6-4189-8fa9-7d9ecf0daf67; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope. Syntype; e7169938-8cc4-4ebe-bcd4-a50ee0f87b0c; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope. Syntype; female; a1021366-b37d-40b7-9840-e167a836eb5a; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

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  • Gomphocerus socius Stål, 1861 in Johnston, 1968: 320.
  • Gomphocerus socius Stål, 1861 (subjective synonym of Gryllus dorsalis Thunberg, 1815) in Otte, 1995: 267.

References (12)

  • Bolívar, I. (1917) Contribución al conocimiento de la fauna índica. Orthoptera (Locustidae vel Acridiidae). Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 16, 278–289, 374–412. [1918] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96088#page/306/mode/1up
  • 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.
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  • 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. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hollis, D. (1967) New combination affecting the genus Aiolopus (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and a description of a related new genus and species from Australia. Journal of Natural History, 1, 157–162.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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.
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
  • Thunberg, C.P. (1815) Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 5, 211–301. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5woZAAAAYAAJ
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich

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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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