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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906

Type

type species of Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906

Nomenclature (45)

  • Gonyacantha Stål, 1873: 43. (homonym)

    type species by original monotypy Opsomala [sic] gladiator Westwood, 1841

  • Gonyacantha Stål, 1873 (homonym of Gonyacantha Thomson, 1858)
  • Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 18.
  • Pretoriana Uvarov, 1922 (subjective synonym of Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906) in Braun, 2026: 447.

References (22)

  • 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
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Stål, C. (1878) Systema Acridiodeorum. Essai d'une systématisation des acridiodées. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 5(4), 1–100. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49816#page/127/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1906) Rectificaciones y observaciones ortopterológicas. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 6(7), 384–393. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17792#page/396/mode/1up
  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte I Acridoidea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(554), 1–35. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/41/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1922) On some new or little known South African grasshoppers. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 9, 99–113, 539–551. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78391#page/121/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1944) The African genera allied to Leptacris Walker, 1870 (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 11, 13–21. https://doi.org/10.2307/3503587
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Synonymic and systematic notes on African Acridoidea (Orthotpera). Revista de Entomologia de Moçambique, 1, 239–244.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1962) The Acridoidea (Orthoptera ) of Madagascar. I. Acrididae (except Acridinae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 12(6), 273–350. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis12entoond
  • Jago, N.D. (1964) Aspects of the ecology and distribution of grasshoppers in Ghana as a contribution to the zoogeography of West Africa. Journal of the West Africa Science Association, 8(2), 190–204.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London, Vol. 1, 481 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1970) Acridoidea of the Congo (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 8(182), 1–605.
  • Johnsen, P. (1982) Acridoidea of Zambia. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Vol. 2, 82–162 [continuation].
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 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.
  • Braun, H. (2026) Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera II. Zootaxa, 5878(3), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5878.3.8

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1056
Species501823