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Genus

Odontomelus Bolívar, 1890

Type

type species by original monotypy of Odontomelus Bolívar, 1890

Nomenclature (30)

  • Odontomelus Bolívar, 1890: 309.

    type species by original monotypy Opomala [sic] brachyptera Gerstaecker, 1869

  • Amphicremna Karsch, 1896: 250.

    type species by original monotypy Amphicremna scalata Karsch, 1896

  • Paraparga Bolívar, 1909 (subjective synonym of Odontomelus Bolívar, 1890) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 102.
  • Pargaella Bolívar, 1909 (subjective synonym of Odontomelus Bolívar, 1890) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 102.

References (12)

  • Bolívar, I. (1890) Diagnosis de ortópteros nuevos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 19, 299–333. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54768#page/303/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/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
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London, Vol. 1, 481 pp.
  • Descamps, M. & Donskoff, M. (1968) Contribution à la faune du Congo (Brazzaville). Mission A. Villiers et A. Descarpentries. LXXVII. Orthoptères Pyrgomorphidae et Acrididae. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 30(3), 1198–1235.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1970) Acridoidea of the Congo (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 8(182), 1–605.
  • Jago, N.D. (1995) Odontomelus I. Bolivar 1890 (Orthoptera Acridoidea Acrididae Acridinae): savanna-woodland grasshoppers with a major radiation of flightless species in eastern Africa. Tropical Zoology, 7(2), 367–450. [1994] Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03946975.1994.10539266
  • 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1034
Species3601046
Subspecies60612