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Heteracris herbacea (Serville, 1838)

Heteracris herbacea (Serville, 1838): lateral view. (Otu).
Heteracris herbacea (Serville, 1838): lateral view. (Otu).
Heteracris herbacea (Serville, 1838): dorsal view. (Otu).
Heteracris herbacea (Serville, 1838): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Acridium herbaceum Serville, 1838: 684.

    Neotype; male; 16bcc224-0743-43f2-a29b-4f431248dd22; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

  • Heteracris herbacea (Serville, 1838) in Walker, 1870: 656.
  • Heteracris herbacea (Serville, 1838) in Johnston, 1968: 213.
  • Heteracris herbacea (Serville, 1838) in Grunshaw, 1991: 45.

References (9)

  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1961) A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 10(9), 351–419. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2242565
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 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

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012