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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Acrostegastes Karsch, 1896

Type

Acrostegastes mollipes Karsch, 1896 type species of Acrostegastes Karsch, 1896

Nomenclature (10)

  • Acrostegastes Karsch, 1896: 303.

    type species Acrostegastes mollipes Karsch, 1896

  • Acrostegastes Karsch, 1896 in Kevan, 1949
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  • Acrostegastes Karsch, 1896 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 26.
  • Acrostegastes Karsch, 1896 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 7, 8.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Baccetti, B. (1984) Notulae orthopterologicae. 39. New or little known East-African grasshoppers. Redia, 67, 367–400.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
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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.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1949) A revision of the East African genus Acrostegastes Karsch, 1896 (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Catantopinae). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 18, 90–96.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Ritchie, J.M. (1987) The male of Esfandiaria obesa Popov (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Teratodinae) and the validity of the genus Ensandiaria Popov. Articulata, 2(10), 355–358. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de//downloads/articulata/articulata_II_1982_1984/ritchie_1987.pdf
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Hemp, C. (2017) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 2. Acrididae: Teratodinae, Hemiacridinae, Spathosterninae, Tropidopolinae, Calliptaminae, Oxyinae, Coptacrinae, and Eyprepocnemidinae. 237 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.

Descendants and synonyms

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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
genus1001
species5016