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Rhytidacris punctata (Kirby, 1902)

Rhytidacris punctata (Kirby, 1902): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Rhytidacris punctata (Kirby, 1902): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Rhytidacris punctata (Kirby, 1902): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Acridoderes punctatus Kirby, 1902: 239.

    Holotype; male; f72d1771-5596-44f6-ac9b-de38625eddfd; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Rustenburg

  • Rhytidacris punctata (Kirby, 1902) in Uvarov, 1923: 483.
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  • Rhytidacris punctata (Kirby, 1902) in Song & Wenzel, 2008: 517.
  • Rhytidacris punctata (Kirby, 1902) in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 80.

Nomenclature references (12)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1966) Acridoidea of Angola 2. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 74, 310–527.
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  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Hemp, C. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2020) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 4. Acrididae: Euryphyminae, Cyrtacanthacridinae, Oedipodinae. 232 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1955) A further contribution to our knowledge of the Acrididae (Orthoptera) of Angola. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 24, 61–82.
  • 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
  • Song, H. & Wenzel, J.W. (2008) Phylogeny of bird-grasshopper subfamily Cyrtacanthacridinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae) and the evolution of locust phase polyphenism. Cladistics, 24, 515–542.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1923) A revision of the Old World Cyrtacanthacrini (Orthoptera, Acrididae). II. Genera Phyxacra to Willemsea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 11, 473–490. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107006#page/501/mode/1up
  • Vesey-Fitzgerald (1964) An ecological survey of grasshoppers of the subfamily Catantopinae in Eastern Central Africa. Revista de Entomologia de Moçambique, 7(1), 333–378.

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