Skip to main content
Orthoptera Species File
species

Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855)

Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855): Fig. 62. male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855): Fig. 62. male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855): dorsal view. (Otu).
Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855): male, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (31)

  • Amycus xanthopterus Stål, 1855: 353.

    Syntype; male; f94f36e1-b421-4a28-9bb3-73d436aa2de9; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); KwaZulu-Natal

  • Amycus rhodiopterus Stål, 1855: 353.

    Holotype; female; b387dcb0-ecf7-4140-82af-1fc46c517b7a; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, Port Natal

  • ... Show all ... (27)
  • Parga xanthoptera (Stål, 1855) in Popov, Fishpool & Rowell, 2019: 100.
  • Amycus rhodinopterus [sic] (Stål, 1855) (misspelling of Amycus rhodiopterus Stål, 1855)

Nomenclature references (23)

  • Bormans, A.de (1883) Spedizione italiana nell'Africa equatoriale. Resultati zoologici. Ortotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 18, 704–708. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95241#page/711/mode/1up
  • Burr, M. (1902) A monograph of the genus Acrida Stal (=Truxalis Fabr.) with notes of some allied genera, and descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 149–187. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48243
  • ... Show all ... (19)
  • Chopard, L. (1945) Orthopteroides recueillis dans les montagnes du Cameroun par la Mission Lepesme, Paulian, Villers. Revue Française d'Entomologie, 11, 156–178, 27 figs.
  • 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. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1970) Acridoidea of the Congo (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 8(182), 1–605.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Miller, N.C.E. (1929) Acrididae collected in Tanganyika Territory. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 77, 61–97, pls. 5–11.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 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/
  • Robertson, I.A.D. & Chapman, R.F. (1962) Notes on the biology of some grasshoppers from the Rukwa Valley, S. W. Tanganyika (Orth. Acrididae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 38, 51–114. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157589
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1913) Neue Orthopteren aus Ost-und Westafrika nebst einigen anderen zugehörigen Formen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 8(6), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30180#page/99/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1931) Acridiodea aus Kongo und anderen Teilen von Afrika. Arkiv för Zoologi, 22A(15), 64 pp.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1932) Acridoidea von der Goldküste, Ob. Volta. Nebst einer Revision der Gattung Parga Walker. Arkiv för Zoologi, 23A(17), 1–36. [1931]
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1932) Orthopterentypen in Naturhistorischen Reichsmuseum zu Stockholm. 2. Acrididae. Arkiv för Zoologi, 24(1), 89 pp.
  • Stål, C. (1855) Nya Orthoptera. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 12, 348–353. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54201#page/362/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum 4. Identification of the types of Acrididae preserved in the Museum. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 72(3-4), 265–301. [1924]
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Whellan, J.A. (1979) Parga xanthoptera (Stål) (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 42(2), 287–288.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
species1089