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Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861)

Large Painted Locust
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861): Isla Isabela, Galápagos. (Otu).
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861): Isla Isabela, Galápagos. (Otu).
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861): Pl. 18, Fig. 1 (Charles Island, topotype). female. (Otu).
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861): Pl. 18, Fig. 2 (James Island). female. (Otu).
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861): Pl. 18, Fig. 3 (Villamil, Albemarle Island). female, dorsal view. (Otu).
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861): Pl. 18, Fig. 4 (Villamil, Albemarle Island). male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861): Pl. 18, Fig. 5 (Cowley Mountain, Albemarle I.). male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861): Pl. 18, Fig. 6 (Duncan Island, topotype). female (Schistocerca intermedia). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1520837; d6700687-ec5d-4d61-8f9f-4ad6eb3cefe8: male, lateral view (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera immaculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520837; d6700687-ec5d-4d61-8f9f-4ad6eb3cefe8: male, dorsal view (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera immaculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520837; d6700687-ec5d-4d61-8f9f-4ad6eb3cefe8: male, labels (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera immaculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520838; a932b86c-6ece-4418-a3e8-c7029793fd05: female, lateral view (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera minor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520838; a932b86c-6ece-4418-a3e8-c7029793fd05: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera minor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520838; a932b86c-6ece-4418-a3e8-c7029793fd05: female, labels (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera minor). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520839; d6c11095-aa54-418d-9cfd-65aad6e5f9a1: female, lateral view (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera pallida). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520839; d6c11095-aa54-418d-9cfd-65aad6e5f9a1: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera pallida). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520839; d6c11095-aa54-418d-9cfd-65aad6e5f9a1: female, labels (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera pallida). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520840; 1a4d3ba8-24ea-43df-ab14-41f7cb639ef4: female, lateral view (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera lineata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520840; 1a4d3ba8-24ea-43df-ab14-41f7cb639ef4: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera lineata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520840; 1a4d3ba8-24ea-43df-ab14-41f7cb639ef4: female, labels (lectotype of Schistocerca melanocera lineata). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (41)

  • Acridium melanocerum Stål, 1861: 326.

    Holotype; female; bfc2a9b7-d335-4839-8357-93a38f077210; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); Ecuador: Galápagos: Santa Cruz: Floreana

  • Acridium tibiale Walker, 1870: 582.

    Holotype; male; 934885c3-23e6-4b94-adc7-d4a83d8d3e4d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); America: west coast

  • Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861) in Peck, 1996
  • Schistocerca melanocera (Stål, 1861) in Buzzetti & Carotti, 2008: 58.

References (12)

  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1870) 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
  • Butler, A.G. (1877) Account of the zoological collection made during the visit of H.M.S. 'Petrel' to the Galapagos Islands. X. Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, and Hemiptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1877, 86–91. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/90436#page/136/mode/1up
  • Scudder, S.H. (1893) The Orthoptera of the Galapagos Islands. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 25, 1–25, Pl. 1–3. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/24909#page/9/mode/1up
  • Snodgrass, R.E. (1902) Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos expedition, 1898-1899. VIII. Entomological Results (7) Schistocerca, Sphingonotus and Halmenus. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 4, 411–464. Available at https://www.jstor.org/stable/24526071
  • Hebard, M. (1920) Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galapagos Island, 1905-1906. Dermaptera and Orthoptera. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 2(17), 311–346. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97652#page/377/mode/1up
  • Linsley, E.G. & Usinger, R.L. (1966) Insects of the Galápagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 33(7), 113–196.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1969) Acridoidea of the Galapagos Islands (Orthoptera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 23, 25–51. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis23entolond
  • Parkin, P., Parkin, D.T., Ewing, A.W. & Ford, H.A. (1972) A report on the arthropods collected by the Edinburgh University Galápagos Expedition, 1968. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 48, 100–107. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/229411#page/106/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1974) Genus Schistocerca (Acridomorpha, Insecta). Series Entomologica, 10, 238 pp.
  • Peck, S.B. (1996) Diversity and distribution of the orthopteroid insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 74(8), 1497–1510.
  • Buzzetti, F.M. & Carotti, G. (2008) Annotated list of the Caelifera of Ecuador (Biodiversity of South America). Memoirs on Biodiversity, 39–66.

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