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Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968

Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 30.1 (after Descamps 1968). male habitus. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 30.1 (after Descamps 1968). male habitus. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 2. male head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 3. male head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 4. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 6. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 5. male, meso- and metasternum. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 7. male, base of hind femur. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 30.2 (after Descamps 1968). phallic complex, lateral view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 30. 3 (after Descamps 1968). phallic complex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 30.4 (after Descamps 1968). phallic complex, posterior view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 30.5 (after Descamps 1968). ectophallus, dorsal view (epiphallus and membraneous parts removed). (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 30.6 (after Descamps 1968). penis and distal parts of ectophallus (Sdl, Sla), dorsal view. (Otu).
Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: Fig. 30.7. penis and distal parts of ectophallus, lateral view (after Descamps 1968). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1540727; 010ea472-90a9-4351-976d-5b3b3fd771f7: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540727; 010ea472-90a9-4351-976d-5b3b3fd771f7: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540727; 010ea472-90a9-4351-976d-5b3b3fd771f7: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968: 32.

    Holotype; male; 010ea472-90a9-4351-976d-5b3b3fd771f7; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Mauritius: Moka: Port Louis District, Le Pouce

  • Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968 in Dirsh, 1975: 74.
  • Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968 in Hugel, 2014
  • Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, 1968 in Hugel, 2015

References (7)

  • Descamps, M. (1968) Un Acridoide relique des Mascareignes (Orth. Acridoidea). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, 73, 31–36. Available at http://www.persee.fr/doc/bsef_0037-928x_1968_num_73_1_20982
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1975) Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects. E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon, 1–171 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Hugel, S. (2015) Endemic grasshoppers from the Mascarene Islands: a critically endangered island fauna. Journal of Insect Conservation, 19, 87–96.

Descendants and synonyms

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