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Pachyphymus cristulifer (Serville, 1838)

Ridgebacked Agile Grasshopper
Pachyphymus cristulifer (Serville, 1838): lateral view. (Otu).
Pachyphymus cristulifer (Serville, 1838): lateral view. (Otu).
Pachyphymus cristulifer (Serville, 1838): lateral view. (Otu).
Pachyphymus cristulifer (Serville, 1838): dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Calliptamus cristulifer Serville, 1838: 692.

    Neotype; male; 793947a7-cfbf-46e6-a8bb-53bcf57765a4; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); Olifants River, between Citrusdal and Clanwilliam

  • Caloptenus [sic] cristulifer Serville, 1838 in Walker, 1870: 691.
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  • Pachyphymus cristulifer (Serville, 1838) in Bazelet & Naskrecki, 2014: 406.
  • Pachyphymus cristulifer (Serville, 1838) in Bazelet, 2014: 7.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Bazelet, C.S. & Naskrecki, P. (2014) Taxonomic revision of the southern African genus Pachyphymus Uvarov, 1922 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Euryphyminae). Zootaxa, 3753(5), 401–420.
  • Bazelet, C.S. (2014) Focus on Euryphyminae (Acrididae), Africa’s endemic agile grasshoppers. Metaleptea, 34(3), 6–8. Available at http://140.247.96.247/orthsoc/pdf/met_34_3.pdf
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The South African genera Pachyphymus Uvarov, Xenotettix Uvarov and Duplessisia gen. n. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 19(1), 132–142.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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
  • Martínez y Fernández-Castillo, A. (1902) Revisión y estudio del grupo Calopteni. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 30, 253–308. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1181
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • 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
  • 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

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