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Subspecies

Calliptamus plebeius plebeius (Walker, 1870)

Canarian Pincer Grasshopper
Calliptamus plebeius plebeius (Walker, 1870): individual from La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain). (Otu).
Calliptamus plebeius plebeius (Walker, 1870): individual from La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain). (Otu).
Calliptamus plebeius plebeius (Walker, 1870): individual from Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). (Otu).
Calliptamus plebeius plebeius (Walker, 1870): male (Canary Islands). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1520138; d5fc3129-6d86-44d6-9c3a-56d07783388d: BMNH United Kingdom, London. female, right lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520138; d5fc3129-6d86-44d6-9c3a-56d07783388d: BMNH United Kingdom, London. female, left lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520138; d5fc3129-6d86-44d6-9c3a-56d07783388d: BMNH United Kingdom, London. female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1520138; d5fc3129-6d86-44d6-9c3a-56d07783388d: BMNH United Kingdom, London. labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530664; 7eeebed3-8622-4c7e-9567-3f46908fc93f: female, lateral view (syntype of Caloptenus vulcanius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530664; 7eeebed3-8622-4c7e-9567-3f46908fc93f: female, dorsal view (syntype of Caloptenus vulcanius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530664; 7eeebed3-8622-4c7e-9567-3f46908fc93f: female, ventral view (syntype of Caloptenus vulcanius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530664; 7eeebed3-8622-4c7e-9567-3f46908fc93f: female, frontal view (syntype of Caloptenus vulcanius). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1530664; 7eeebed3-8622-4c7e-9567-3f46908fc93f: labels (syntype of Caloptenus vulcanius). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (20)

  • Heteracris plebeia Walker, 1870: 673.

    Holotype; female; d5fc3129-6d86-44d6-9c3a-56d07783388d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Caloptenus [sic] vulcanius Krauss, 1892: 167.

    Syntype; 3cbefe00-4755-4c91-8db0-030376dc718e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Pico de Teyde. Syntype; female; 7eeebed3-8622-4c7e-9567-3f46908fc93f; deposited at: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Germany (SMNS); Santa Cruz. Syntype; 8ddc3d5e-dee0-450c-9d2c-91227f1fb2b7; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Pico de Teyde

  • Calliptamus plebeius (Walker, 1870) in Hochkirch, 1997: 192.
  • Calliptamus plebeius (Walker, 1870) in Köhler, 2010

References (17)

  • Bolívar, I. (1915) Extensión de la fauna paleártica en Marruecos. Trabajos del Museo de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica), 10, 83 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48773
  • Burr, M. (1911) Orthoptera in the Canary Islands. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 23, 92–95. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36045#page/120/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1962) Insectes orthopteroides recoltés par le Professeur Dr. H. Lindberg a Madère et dans les iles voisines. Notul. ent., Helsinki, 42, 67–70.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Herrera, L. (1982) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of Spain. Series Entomologica, 22, 1–162.
  • Hochkirch, A. (1997) Notizen zur Heuschreckenfauna von La Gomera (Kanarische Inseln, Spanien). Articulata, 12(2), 187–200. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de/downloads/articulata/articulata_XII_1997/hochkirch_1997b.pdf
  • Jago, N.D. (1963) A revision of the genus Calliptamus Serville (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 13(9), 289–350. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/102952#page/430/mode/1up
  • 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. (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
  • Krauss, H.A. (1892) Systematisches Verzeichnis der canarischen Dermapteren und Orthopteren mit Diagnosen der neuen Gattungen und Arten. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 15, 163–171. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37585#page/513/mode/1up
  • Köhler, G. (2010) Behavioural and life history aspects of Calliptamus plebeius (Walker, 1870), an endemic grassopper of the Canary Islands (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Calliptaminae). Articulata, 25(1), 29–43. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de/downloads/articulata/articulata_XXV_2010/koehler_2010.pdf
  • Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, A. (1902) Revisión y estudio del grupo Calopteni. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 30, 253–308. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1181
  • Ramme, W. (1951) Zur Systematik, Faunistik und Biologie der Orthopteren von Südost-Europa und Vorderasien. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 27, 1–431.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1922) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum. 2. The group of Calliptamini. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 48, 117–177. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51053#page/193/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum 4. Identification of the types of Acrididae preserved in the Museum. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 72(3-4), 265–301. [1924]
  • 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

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