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Kraussaria prasina (Walker, 1870)

Kraussaria prasina (Walker, 1870): lateral view. (Otu).
Kraussaria prasina (Walker, 1870): lateral view. (Otu).
Kraussaria prasina (Walker, 1870): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Kraussaria prasina (Walker, 1870): dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Cyrtacanthacris prasina Walker, 1870: 485-594.

    Holotype; male; 9a43a923-06ba-43e0-a38c-c7fa73c059ec; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal

  • Cyrtacanthacris auricornis Walker, 1870: 485-594.

    Holotype; male; 1789fe53-63d0-4921-8ff3-3e30c9391046; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal

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  • Kraussaria prasina (Walker, 1870) in Dirsh, 1965: 390.
  • Kraussaria prasina (Walker, 1870) in Johnston, 1968: 284.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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.
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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. (1902) Report on a collection of African Locustidae formed by Mr. W. L. Distant, chiefly from the Transvaal. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1902, 57–114, 231–241. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48243#page/95/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1944) South African bird-locust records and notes (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, group Cyrtacanthacres). Notulae Naturae, 137, 11 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=sixg8TvLIygC
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1929) Contributions to a knowledge of the Fauna of South West Africa. VIII. Records and descriptions of Acrididae from S.W. Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 29, 41–75. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127106#page/65/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

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