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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Descampsacris Ronderos, 1972

Type

type species by original designation of Descampsacris Ronderos, 1972

Nomenclature (11)

  • Ommexycha [sic] Serville, 1831 in Kirby, 1910: 296.
  • Ommexycha [sic] Serville, 1831 (misspelling of Ommexecha Serville, 1831) in Kirby, 1910: 296.
  • Ommexycha [sic] Serville, 1831 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 460.
  • Descampsacris Ronderos, 1972 in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 142-143.

References (8)

  • Serville, J.G.A. (1831) Revue méthodique des insectes de l'ordre des Orthoptères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 22(86), 28–65, 134–167, 262–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29456
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Ronderos, R.A. (1972) Notas para una revisión de la subfamilia Ommexechinae 2. El género Spathalium Bolivar (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Ommexechini). Revista del Museo del La Plata, Sección Zoología, 11(104), 175–208.
  • Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
  • Ronderos, R.A. (1979) La familia Ommexechidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Acrida, 8(4), 241–273.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 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.
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Dedicated to the French entomologist and grasshopper specialist Marius Descamps (1924–1996).

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species101011