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Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976

Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976: Fig. 1. phallic complex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976: Fig. 1. phallic complex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976: Fig. 2. phallic complex, epiphallus and ectophallic membrane removed. (Otu).
Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976: Fig. 3. phallic complex, lateral view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976: Fig. 4. phallic complex, posterior view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1540726; 264ef382-a44f-4ce7-8658-d1170e7f5f4c: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540726; 264ef382-a44f-4ce7-8658-d1170e7f5f4c: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540726; 264ef382-a44f-4ce7-8658-d1170e7f5f4c: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573941; dd150b6a-c2ae-42f6-8b4d-92f34807f3cb: male, lateral view (neoallotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573941; dd150b6a-c2ae-42f6-8b4d-92f34807f3cb: male, dorsal view (neoallotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573941; dd150b6a-c2ae-42f6-8b4d-92f34807f3cb: male, labels (neoallotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976: 318.

    Holotype; female; 264ef382-a44f-4ce7-8658-d1170e7f5f4c; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN);

  • Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976 in Kevan, 1977: 29.
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  • Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976 in Hugel, 2014: 403.
  • Pyrgacris descampsi Kevan, 1976 in Hugel, 2015

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Hugel, S. (2005) Redécouverte du genre Pygacris à l'île de la Réunion: description du mâle de P. descampi Kevan, 1975 (Orthoptera, Caelifera). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 110(2), 153–159. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_2005_num_110_2_16210
  • Hugel, S. (2014) Grasshoppers of the Mascarene Islands: new species and new records (Orthoptera, Caelifera). Zootaxa, 3900(3), 399–414.
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  • Hugel, S. (2015) Endemic grasshoppers from the Mascarene Islands: a critically endangered island fauna. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19, 87–96.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1976) Book Review: Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects. South African Journal of Science, 72, 316–319.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the French entomologist and grasshopper specialist Marius Descamps (1924–1996).

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