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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Leptacris Walker, 1870

Type

type species by original monotypy of Leptacris Walker, 1870

Nomenclature (57)

  • Leptacris Walker, 1870: 676.

    type species by original monotypy Leptacris filiformis Walker, 1870

  • Ischnacrida Stål, 1873: 87.

    type species by original designation Ischnacrida taeniata Stål, 1873

  • Leptacris Walker, 1870 in Yin & Xia, 2003: 73.
  • Leptacris Walker, 1870 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 31.

References (31)

  • 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. (1873) Orthoptera nova descriptist. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlinger, 30(4), 39–53. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/100494#page/223/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1875) Observations orthoptérologiques. 1. Sur une systématisation nouvelle des Phasmides. 2. Sur le système des Acdridiides. 3. Diagnoses d'Orthoptères nouveaux. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 3(14), 1–43. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49924#page/521/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. (1902) Les Orthoptères de St. Joseph's College, à Trichinopoly (Sud de l'Inde). 3me partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 70, 580–635, pl. 9. [1901] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38238#page/596/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Ergebnisse der mit Subvention aus der Erbschaft Treitl unternommen zoologischen Forschungsreise Dr. Franz Werner's nach dem ägyptischen Sudan und Nord-Uganda. IX. Die Orthopterenfauna des ägyptischen Sudans und von Nord-Uganda (Saltatoria, Gressoria, Dermaptera) mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Acridoideengattung Catantops. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (Abt. 1), 116, 267–378. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31621#page/307/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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • Tinkham, E.R. (1940) Taxonomic and biological studies on the Cyrtacanthacrinae of South China. Lingnan Science Journal, 19(3), 269–382.
  • Chopard, L. (1943) Orthoptéroïdes de l'Afrique du Nord. In Faune de l'Empire Français. Lib. Larose, Paris. Vol. 1, 450 pp.
  • 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
  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. & Mistshenko, L. (1951) Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1963 English translation no. 38]. In Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries. Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad. Vol. 1, 1–400 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224096#page/9/mode/1up
  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. & Mistshenko, L. (1951) Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. [1964 English translation no. 40]. In Locusts and Grasshoppers of the U.S.S.R. and Adjacent Countries. Zoological Inst. of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow/Leningrad. Vol. 2, 385–667 [1–291]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/224097#page/7/mode/1up
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1951) Synopsis of the Acridoidea of the Indo-Malayan and adjacent regions (Insecta, Orthotpera). Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 4, 41–114.
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1955) Synopsis of the Acridoidea of the Indo-Malayan and adjacent regions (Insecta, Orthoptera). Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 8, 3–225. [1956]
  • 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.
  • Mistshenko, L. (1965) Locusts and Grasshoppers. The Fauna of Russia (= The USSR Fauna). New Series. [1952]
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1966) Acridoidea of Angola 1. Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 74, 10–305.
  • 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.
  • Liu, J. & Li, H. (1995) Classification of acridoids from Hainan Island, China. In Studies on acridoids of Hainan Island. Academy of Sciences, Beijing. pp. 23–126, 293–294.
  • 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.
  • Jiang, G. & Zheng, Z.-M. (1998) Grasshoppers and Locusts from Guangxi. Guangxi Normal University, 390 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C. & Xia, K.-L. (2003) Orthoptera Acridoidea. Supplement Gomphoceridae and Acrididae. Fauna Sinica, Insecta, 32(supplement), 1–280.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1056
Species701623
Subspecies301821