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Species

Amphiprosopia adjuncta (Walker, 1870)

West-African Green-backed Grasshopper
Amphiprosopia adjuncta (Walker, 1870): Page 129, Figure 4. female. (Otu).
Amphiprosopia adjuncta (Walker, 1870): Page 129, Figure 4. female. (Otu).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Heteracris adjuncta Walker, 1870: 657.

    Holotype; female; 9a8d0338-bd2d-4550-90cb-bfe8223073cb; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sierra Leone

  • Demodocus amphiprosopus Karsch, 1893: 106.

    Syntype; male; 50cf54d5-4cb4-4bef-8839-657d5a9711be; Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg. Syntype; female; 0dcd5edd-3d31-44e4-824c-b1f5b65e6a68; Togo: Centre: Bismarcksburg

  • Amphiprosopia adjuncta (Walker, 1870) in Roy, 2003: 338.
  • Amphiprosopia adjuncta (Walker, 1870) in Mestre & Chiffaud, 2006: 58.

References (10)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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.
  • Popov, G.B. (1980) Jagoa, a new genus for Amphiprosopia gwynni Uvarov 1941 (Eyprepocnemidae), and a new species Spathosternum beninense (Hemiacridinae). Acrida, 9(1), 35–49.
  • Roy, R. (2003) Les Acridiens du Nimba et de sa région. Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 190, 311–391. Available at http://www.zin.ru/animalia/coleoptera/pdf/abrev/Acridi.pdf
  • Mestre, J. & Chiffaud, J. (2006) Catalogue et atlas des acridiens d'Afrique de l'Ouest.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1023