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genus

Kyphiacris Carbonell & Descamps, 1978

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (3)

  • Kyphiacris Carbonell & Descamps, 1978: 9.

    type species by original designation Kyphiacris andeana Carbonell & Descamps, 1978

  • Kyphiacris Carbonell & Descamps, 1978 in Otte, 1995: 79.
  • Kyphiacris Carbonell & Descamps, 1978 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 357.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Carbonell, C.S. & Descamps, M. (1978) Revue des Ommatolampae (Acridoidea, Ommatolampinae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 14(1), 1–35. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k61294858/f12.item
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 5, Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] D. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 630 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Composed of Greek κυφός (humpback, bent) and ᾰ̓κρῐ́ς (grasshopper).

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species2013