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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Calliptamicus antennatus (Kirby, 1902)

Kirby's Agile Grasshopper
Calliptamicus antennatus (Kirby, 1902): dorso-lateral view. (Otu).
Calliptamicus antennatus (Kirby, 1902): dorso-lateral view. (Otu).
Calliptamicus antennatus (Kirby, 1902): lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Calliptamus antennatus Kirby, 1902: 109.

    Holotype; male; 934aecd5-693d-4d0c-8ca0-c8fc644ded1c; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Gauteng: Pretoria

  • Euryphymus antennatus (Kirby, 1902) in Kirby, 1910: 547.
  • Calliptamicus antennatus (Kirby, 1902) in Dirsh, 1965: 269.
  • Calliptamicus antennatus (Kirby, 1902) in Johnston, 1968: 199.

References (7)

  • Kirby, W.F. (1902) Report on a collection of African Locustidae formed by Mr. W. L. Distant, chiefly from the Transvaal. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1902, 57–114, 231–241. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48243#page/95/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) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum. 2. The group of Calliptamini. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 48, 117–177. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51053#page/193/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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.

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
Species1023