subspecies

Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838)

Nomenclature (53)

Acridium alacre Serville, 1838: 682.
Holotype; female; 75373491-a128-4e90-8a4d-ad3d91699d31; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); India: S. India
Acrydium deponens Walker, 1859: 222.
Syntype; 4947286c-8cca-432e-88fa-1a62d7f55bc0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka
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Caloptenus [sic] reductus Walker, 1870: 714.
Heteracris rudis Walker, 1870: 664.
Holotype; male; 43d23b61-5ea2-4890-b916-d37a806a99b4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka
Heteracris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Walker, 1870: 668.
Acridium scitulum Walker, 1871: 62.
Syntype; 966d99c8-b7d7-426c-b82b-5008c1fe0142; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); unknown
Heteracris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Atkinson, 1882: 156.
Euprepocnemis [sic] plorans var. intermedia Bolívar, 1902: 630.
Holotype; male; 1c38397d-8463-4478-a8d8-76759139af8c; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); India: Tamil Nadu: Madras
Acridium deponens (Walker, 1859) in Finot, 1907: 342.
Acrydium deponens Walker, 1859 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1910: 561.
Heteracris rudis Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1910: 561.
Euprepocnemis [sic] scitulus (Walker, 1871) in Kirby, 1910: 560.
Euprepocnemis [sic] alacris (Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1910: 561.
Acrydium deponens Walker, 1859 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1914: 267.
Euprepocnemis [sic] plorans var. intermedia Bolívar, 1902 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1914: 267.
Heteracris rudis Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1914: 267.
Thisoicetrus alacris (Serville, 1838) in Bolívar, 1914: 23.
Euprepocnemis [sic] alacris (Serville, 1838) in Kirby, 1914: 267.
Acridium scitulum Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Uvarov, 1921: 116.
Acrydium deponens Walker, 1859 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Uvarov, 1921: 116.
Euprepocnemis [sic] plorans var. intermedia Bolívar, 1902 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Uvarov, 1921: 116.
Euprepocnemis [sic] alacris (Serville, 1838) in Uvarov, 1921: 116, 120.
Caloptenus [sic] reductus Walker, 1870 in Uvarov, 1922: 175.
Eyprepocnemis alacris (Serville, 1838) in Uvarov, 1929: 560.
Eyprepocnemis alacris (Serville, 1838) in Sandrasagara, 1949: 157.
Acrydium deponens Walker, 1859 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951: 269 [285].
Heteracris rudis Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951: 269 [285].
Euprepocnemis [sic] alacris (Serville, 1838) in Bey-Bienko & Mistshenko, 1951: 269 [285].
Acridium scitulum Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Mistshenko, 1952: 586 [532].
Acrydium deponens Walker, 1859 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Mistshenko, 1952: 586 [532].
Heteracris rudis Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Mistshenko, 1952: 586 [532].
Euprepocnemis [sic] alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Mistshenko, 1952: 586 [532].
Acridium scitulum Walker, 1871 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Willemse, 1957: 241.
Acrydium deponens Walker, 1859 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Willemse, 1957: 241.
Euprepocnemis [sic] plorans var. intermedia Bolívar, 1902 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Willemse, 1957: 241.
Heteracris rudis Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Willemse, 1957: 241.
Eyprepocnemis alacris (Serville, 1838) in Willemse, 1957: 240.
Caloptenus [sic] reductus Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Dirsh, 1958: 40.
Euprepocnemis [sic] plorans var. intermedia Bolívar, 1902 (subjective synonym of Acridium alacre Serville, 1838) in Dirsh, 1958: 52.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Dirsh, 1958: 40.
Euprepocnemis [sic] alacris (Serville, 1838) in Dirsh, 1958: 52.
Eyprepocnemis alacris (Serville, 1838) in Shumakov, 1963: 109.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Muralirangan & Ananthakrishnan, 1981
Eyprepocnemis alacris (Serville, 1838) in Meinodas, Shafee & Usmani, 1982: 332.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Bhowmik & Halder, 1984: 52.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Bhowmik, 1986: 166.
Eyprepocnemis alacris (Serville, 1838) in Ingrisch & Garai, 2001: 762.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Shishodia, Chandra & Gupta, 2010: 56.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Nayeem & Usmani, 2012: 402.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Kumar & Usmani, 2014: 136.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Prabakar, Prabakaran & Chezhian, 2015: 349.

Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Kumar & Usmani, 2016: 81.
Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838) in Pudasaini & Dhital, 2022: 473.

Nomenclature references (31)

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Kirby, W.F. (1914) In Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London. 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala

Kumar, H. & Usmani, M.K. (2014) Taxonomic studies on Acrididae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from Rajasthan (India). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 2(3), 131–146. Available at http://www.entomoljournal.com/vol2Issue3/pdf/47.1.pdf

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Descendants and synonyms

Eyprepocnemis alacris alacris (Serville, 1838)
- =Acrydium deponens Walker, 1859
- =Euprepocnemis [sic] plorans var. intermedia Bolívar, 1902
- =Caloptenus [sic] reductus Walker, 1870
- =Heteracris rudis Walker, 1870
- =Acridium scitulum Walker, 1871

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology

Adjectivealacer, alacris, alacre

Etymology:

Original French name "Criquet remuant". Latin alacer/alacris/alacre means lively or cheerful.

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	Names
Rank	Total	Valid	Invalid
subspecies	14	1	13