subspecies

Valanga irregularis irregularis (Walker, 1870)

Giant Valanga

Type specimen

Holotype; female; 503b2fdc-daaf-4db2-81b6-e8087ba42b8b; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

Nomenclature (28)

Cyrtacanthacris irregularis Walker, 1870: 569.
Holotype; female; 503b2fdc-daaf-4db2-81b6-e8087ba42b8b; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia
Acridium maculicollis Walker, 1870: 594.
Holotype; female; 11f09258-11e4-4ca2-b9d1-0697750daa09; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia
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Valanga irregularis irregularis (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, 1996: 192 Pl.335.
Valanga irregularis (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 339, 390.

Nomenclature references (16)

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For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.

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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

Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.

Rajakulendran, S.V., Pigott, R.G. & Baker, G.L. (1993) Biology and phenology of giant grasshopper, Valanga irregularis (Walker) (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Crytacanthacridinae), a pest of citrus, in central western New South Wales. Australian Entomologist, 20(3), 81–90.

Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.

Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) In A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. v-ix, 1–419.

Sjöstedt, Y. (1920) Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910-1913. 20. Acridiodea. Arkiv för Zoologi, 12(20), 1–67. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30230#page/613/mode/1up

Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up

Sjöstedt, Y. (1935) Revision der australischen Cyrtacanthacrinen (Orth. Acrid.). In VI Congreso Internacional de Entomología Madrid. 173–178 pp.

Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]

Uvarov, B.P. (1923) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orthoptera, Acrididae). III. Genera Valanga to Patanga. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12, 345–367.
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