Orthoptera Species File

species

Somaliacris rugosa Dirsh, 1959

Bandarbeyla Agile Grasshopper

CollectionObject 1520378; d062d591-9120-4025-a025-683e6883b266: lateral view, male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1520378; d062d591-9120-4025-a025-683e6883b266: lateral view, male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1520378; d062d591-9120-4025-a025-683e6883b266: dorsal view, male (holotype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2073513; 2c7ff5a3-8bf3-4975-a13d-8c4b74b2d754: dorsal view, female (paratype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 2073513; 2c7ff5a3-8bf3-4975-a13d-8c4b74b2d754: lateral view, female (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

Somaliacris rugosa Dirsh, 1959: 30.
Holotype; male; d062d591-9120-4025-a025-683e6883b266; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Somalia: Near Bender Beila, Mijertein
Somaliacris rugosa Dirsh, 1959 in Dirsh, 1965: 282.
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Somaliacris rugosa Dirsh, 1959 in Otte, 1995: 175.
Somaliacris rugosa Dirsh, 1959 in Hemp & Rowell, 2020: 30.

Nomenclature references (5)

Dirsh, V.M. (1959) New genera and species of Acridoidea from tropical Africa (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 35, 21–39. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/155679
Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Reference to the strongly rugose body.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
species	1	0	0	1