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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Austracris basalis (Walker, 1870)

Spotted Spur-throated Locust
Austracris basalis (Walker, 1870): 2014. (Otu).
Austracris basalis (Walker, 1870): 2014. (Otu).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Cyrtacanthacris basalis Walker, 1870: 569.

    Holotype; female; 26fe8b2e-56f5-4ba7-ad13-35c803667697; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Cyrtacanthacris plagiata Walker, 1870: 617.

    Holotype; female; dc349e13-faa9-4d87-8cca-ffec9550ac49; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia

  • Austracris basalis (Walker, 1870) in Key, 1986: 29.
  • Austracris basalis (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 335, 388-389.

References (9)

  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • 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
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1924) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orth. Acrid.) IV. Genera Austracris to Cyrtacanthacris. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 13, 1–19.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1935) Revision der australischen Cyrtacanthacrinen (Orth. Acrid.). In VI Congreso Internacional de Entomología Madrid. 173–178 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1979) The species and synonymy of the genus Cyrtacanthacris (Orth. Acrididae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 53, 35–50. [1977] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/166944
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, v-ix, 1–419.

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Gender, form, and etymology

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045