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Ornithacris pictula pictula (Walker, 1870)

Ornithacris pictula pictula (Walker, 1870): as O pictula. dorsal view. (Otu).
Ornithacris pictula pictula (Walker, 1870): as O pictula. dorsal view. (Otu).
Ornithacris pictula pictula (Walker, 1870): as O. pictula. female, lateral view. (Otu).
Ornithacris pictula pictula (Walker, 1870): as O. picta. male, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Cyrtacanthacris pictula Walker, 1870: 562.

    Holotype; male; 9df8b194-d0d8-4d65-9058-c78dcde8930d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

  • Ornithacris cyanea pictula (Walker, 1870) in Uvarov, 1942: 136,137.
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  • Ornithacris pictula pictula (Walker, 1870) in Johnston, 1968: 280.
  • Ornithacris pictula pictula (Walker, 1870) in Mungai, 1987: 161.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • La Greca, M. (1947) Su di alcuni casi teratologici negli Ortotteri. Bollettino della Società dei naturalisti in Napoli, 55, 63–67.
  • Mungai, M.N. (1987) A taxonomic revision of the genus Ornithacris based on the internal morphology of male genitalia (Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 63, 153–169. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/171644
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1942) A revision of the genus Ornithacris Uvarov, 1924 (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 135–140.
  • 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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