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Platacanthoides morosus (Walker, 1870)

Eastern Cape Agile Grasshopper

Platacanthoides morosus (Walker, 1870): lateral view. (Otu).
Platacanthoides morosus (Walker, 1870): lateral view. (Otu).
Platacanthoides morosus (Walker, 1870): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Platacanthus morosus Walker, 1870: 714.

    Holotype; female; 9f8ccdb0-a3a9-48b6-9d08-f59e75c36e1f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

  • Platacanthoides morosus (Walker, 1870) in Uvarov, 1922: 154.
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  • Platacanthoides morosus (Walker, 1870) in Dirsh, 1965: 261.
  • Platacanthoides morosus (Walker, 1870) in Johnston, 1968: 193.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • 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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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.
  • 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) In 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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