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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Metaxymecus Karsch, 1893

Type

type species by original monotypy of Metaxymecus Karsch, 1893

Nomenclature (9)

  • Metaxymecus Karsch, 1893: 87, 104. (valid)

    type species by original monotypy Metaxymecus patagiatus Karsch, 1893

  • Metaxymecus Karsch, 1893 in Johnston, 1956: 421.
  • Metaxymecus Karsch, 1893 (subjective synonym of Pezotettix (Tylotropidius) Stål, 1873) in Otte, 1995: 203.
  • Metaxymecus Karsch, 1893 in Rowell & Hemp, 2017: 197.

References (9)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1893) Die Insecten der Berglandschaft Adeli im Hinterlande von Togo (Westafrika). Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 38, 1–266. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38634#page/71/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1961) Notes on Acridoidea of Africa, Madagascar and Asia (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 37, 379–398. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157307
  • 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.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Grunshaw, J.P. (1995) The taxonomy of Tylotropidius Stal 1873 and related genera (Orthoptera Acrididae Eyprepocnemidinae). Tropical Zoology, 8(2), 401–433.
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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.

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
Species401418