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Species

Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959

Brown's Agile Grasshopper
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: dorsal view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: dorsal view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: dorsal view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 1. male, head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 2. male, head and pronotum, dorsal view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 3. male, face. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 4. female, end of abdomen, lateral view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig.5. male, left hind leg, lateral view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 6. male, meso- and metathorax, ventral view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 7. male, supra-anal plate, dorsal view. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 9. male, epiphallus. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 10. male, left cercus showing variation in paratype. (Otu).
Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: Plate 3, Fig. 8. left male cercus. (Otu).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959: 283.

    Holotype; male; 548e1f2f-252b-40d9-aa92-5fbf40b36831; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); N.W. Transvaal, Zoutpansberg Mountains, Zoutpan, 8 miles north of Vivo

  • Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959 in Pinhey, 1965: 8.
  • Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959 in Dirsh, 1965: 264.
  • Amblyphymus rubidus Brown, 1959 in Johnston, 1968: 195.

References (4)

  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Pinhey, E. (1965) Check list of the short-horned grasshoppers of Syringa Farm, Turk Mine, southern Rhodesia. Arnoldia, 2(1), 1–16.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001