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Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913)

Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2014. male (Kwa Zulu Natal, Karkloof 1250 m, forest edge). (Otu).
Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2014. male (Kwa Zulu Natal, Karkloof 1250 m, forest edge). (Otu).
Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2014. female (Kwa Zulu Natal, Karkloof 1250 m, forest edge). (Otu).
Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913): 2014. nymph (Kwa Zulu Natal, Karkloof 1250 m, clearing). (Otu).
Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913): dorsal view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Euprepocnemis [sic] speciosa Sjöstedt, 1913: 23.
  • Thisoicetrus speciosus (Sjöstedt, 1913) in Carl, 1916: 494.
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  • Heteracris acuminata Uvarov, 1921 (subjective synonym of Euprepocnemis [sic] speciosa Sjöstedt, 1913) in Grunshaw, 1991: 55.
  • Heteracris speciosa (Sjöstedt, 1913) in Grunshaw, 1991: 55.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Carl, J.[=J. (1916) Acridides nouveaux ou peu connus du Muséum de Genève. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 24(6), 461–518, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40346#page/475/mode/1up
  • 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.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Grunshaw, J.P. (1991) A revision of the grasshopper genus Heteracris (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Eyprepocnemidinae). Natural Resources Institute Bulletin, 38, i-iv, 1–106. Available at http://gala.gre.ac.uk/11108/1/11108_Grunshaw_A%20revision%20of%20the%20grasshopper%20genus%20%28book%29%201991.pdf
  • 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.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1913) Neue Orthopteren aus Ost-und Westafrika nebst einigen anderen zugehörigen Formen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 8(6), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30180#page/99/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1921) Notes on the Orthoptera in the British Museum. I. the group Euprepocnemini. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1921, 106–144. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51239#page/180/mode/1up
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Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Adjectivespeciosus, speciosa, speciosum
Etymology:

Latin for handsome or beautiful.

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