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Genus

Schistocerca Stål, 1873

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Schistocerca Stål, 1873

Nomenclature (46)

  • Acridium (Schistocerca) Stål, 1873: 64.

    type species by subsequent designation Libellula americanus Drury, 1773 in Rehn, 1904

  • Acridium (Schistocerca) Stål, 1873 in Stål, 1876: 40.
  • Schistocerca Stål, 1873 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 86.
  • Schistocerca Stål, 1873 in Foquet, Castellanos & Song, 2021

References (46)

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  • Stål, C. (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49926#page/233/mode/1up
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Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek σχιστός, divided, alluding to the truncated or slighly bilobed tip of the male cerci.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Superspecies5038
Species39088127
Subspecies1106273