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Coscineuta virens (Thunberg, 1815)

Moruga Grasshopper
CollectionObject 1531152; 82769f06-c332-4336-b6fb-70ef824e3787: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531152; 82769f06-c332-4336-b6fb-70ef824e3787: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531152; 82769f06-c332-4336-b6fb-70ef824e3787: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (holoype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531152; 82769f06-c332-4336-b6fb-70ef824e3787: Image Carbonell, C.S. female abdomen tip, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Gryllus virens Thunberg, 1815: 250.

    Holotype; female; 82769f06-c332-4336-b6fb-70ef824e3787; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); Saint-Barthélemy: St. Barthelemy Island

  • Coscineuta virens (Thunberg, 1815) in Stål, 1873: 52.
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  • Coscineuta virens (Thunberg, 1815) in Popov, McComie & Launois-Luong, 1994: 49.
  • Coscineuta virens (Thunberg, 1815) in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 426.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • Descamps, M. (1976) La faune dendrophile neotropicale. I. Revue des Proctolabinae (Orth. Acrididae). Acrida, 5(2), 62–167.
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  • Dilbar, A., Hosein, H., Barrow, R. & Gopaul, S. (1986) Preliminary studies on the behaviour and control of the Moruga grasshopper (Coscineuta virens (Thunberg)) in south Trinidad. Journal of the Agricultural Society of Trinidad & Tobago, 86, 33–39.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Popov, G.B., McComie, L.D. & Launois-Luong, M.H. (1994) The Moruga grasshopper in Trinidad Coscineuta virens (Thunberg 1815) (Acrididae: Proctolabinae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 2, 49–60.
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Thunberg, C.P. (1815) Hemipterorum maxillosorum genera illustrata plurimisque novis speciebus ditata ac descripta. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg, 5, 211–301. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=5woZAAAAYAAJ

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