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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Opaon Kirby, 1902

Type

type species by original monotypy of Opaon Kirby, 1902

Nomenclature (8)

  • Opaon Kirby, 1902: 380.

    type species by original monotypy Opaon granulosus Kirby, 1902

  • Opaon Kirby, 1902 in Kirby, 1910: 543.
  • Opaon Kirby, 1902 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 466.
  • Opaon Kirby, 1902 in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 442-443.

References (8)

  • Kirby, W.F. (1902) Description of a new genus and species of apterous locust from Ecuador. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 10, 380–381. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63688#page/410/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
  • Hebard, M. (1923) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Colombia. Third paper. Orthopterous family Acrididae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 49(3), 165–313. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4259_003#page/3/mode/1up
  • Descamps, M. & Amédégnato, C. (1973) Contribution a la faune des Acridoidea de Colombie (Missions M. Descamps) IV. Le groupe Rhytidochrotae. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie), 86 (Zool. 65), 1057–1096. [1972] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/253724#page/3/mode/1up
  • Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species3036