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Austracris proxima (Walker, 1870)

Confusing Spur-throated Locust

Nomenclature (13)

  • Cyrtacanthacris proxima Walker, 1870: 571.

    Holotype; female; 5fe499d5-f9e8-4854-b55e-638475b08ec0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Northern Territory: Victoria River

  • Cyrtacanthacris imitatrix Walker, 1870: 616.

    Holotype; male; 73274942-f7ea-4f7b-b566-61ab7e00f48a; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: New South Wales: Sydney

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  • Cyrtacanthacris imitatrix Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Cyrtacanthacris proxima Walker, 1870) in Key, 1986: 29.
  • Austracris proxima (Walker, 1870) in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 337, 389.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • 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. (1938) The regional and seasonal incidence of grasshopper plagues in Australia. Australian CSIRO Bulletin, 117, 1–87.
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  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1870) In 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

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