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Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959

Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 1. male habitus. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 2. male, Head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 3. male, Head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 4. male, Face, frontal view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 8. male, meso- and metathorax, ventral view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 9. male, left cercus, lateral view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 5. female abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 6. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 7. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 10. male, epiphallus, dorsal view. (Otu).
Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: Plate 2, Fig. 11. male, epiphallus, from behind, slightly ventral. (Otu).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959: 283.

    Holotype; male; dbf32aed-16ff-479e-90a3-817f25870b50; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); South Africa: Eastern Cape: Cape Province, Middelburg

  • Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959 in Dirsh, 1965: 204.
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  • Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959 in Otte, 1995: 87.
  • Dirshacris aridus Brown, 1959 in Spearman, 2013: 3.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Brown, H.D. (1959) New and interesting grasshoppers (Acridoidea) from South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 22, 283–297. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/22/2/AJA00128789_3507
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • Fossey, A. (1990) An increased chromosome number in the South African grasshopper, Dirshacris aridus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Phytophylactica, 22(4), 427–429. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/phyto/22/4/AJA03701263_1391
  • 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.
  • Spearman, L.A. (2013) Taxonomic revision of the South African grasshopper genus Euloryma (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 139(1), 1–111.

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