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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910

Type

Meruana nyuki Sjöstedt, 1910 type species by original monotypy of Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910

Nomenclature (7)

  • Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910: 181. (valid)

    type species by original monotypy Meruana nyuki Sjöstedt, 1910

  • Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910 in Johnston, 1956: 228.
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  • Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910 in Grunshaw, 1996: 149.
  • Meruana Sjöstedt, 1910 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 35.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Synonymic and systematic notes on African Acridoidea (Orthotpera). Revista de Entomologia de Moçambique, 1, 239–244.
  • Grunshaw, J.P. (1996) A taxonomic revision of the genus Leptacris Walker 1870 and allied genera (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Hemiacridinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 5, 131–157.
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  • 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.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2017) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae. 237 pp.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1910) 17. Orthoptera. 7. Acridiodea. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der schwedischen zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas, 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. P. Palmquists, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 149–199. [1909] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/16983#page/265/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species2057