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Genus

Coryphosima Karsch, 1893

Type

type species by original monotypy of Coryphosima Karsch, 1893

Nomenclature (17)

  • Coryphosima Karsch, 1893: 54, 72.

    type species by original monotypy Coryphosima brevicornis Karsch, 1893

  • Paracomacris Karsch, 1900: 276.

    type species by original monotypy Paracomacris deceptor Karsch, 1900

  • Coryphosima Karsch, 1893 in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 41, 66, 70.
  • Paracomacris Karsch, 1900 (subjective synonym of Coryphosima Karsch, 1893) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 70.

References (12)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1900) Vorarbeiten zu einer Orthopterologie Ostafrika's II. Einige Gattungen Feldheuschrecken, Acridodea. Entomologische Nachrichten, 26, 274–287. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42207#page/290/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1909) Observaciones sobre los Truxalinos. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 9, 285–296. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17844#page/295/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1953) Grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acrididae) of Angola and northern Rhodesia, collected by Dr. Malcolm Burr in 1927-1928. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 21, 9–217.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Acridological notes. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 101, 51–63. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89774#page/65/mode/1up
  • Jago, N.D. (1964) Aspects of the ecology and distribution of grasshoppers in Ghana as a contribution to the zoogeography of West Africa. Journal of the West Africa Science Association, 8(2), 190–204.
  • 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. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 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/

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species1301326
Subspecies502732