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family

Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956

Type

Lentula Stål, 1878 type genus of Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956

Nomenclature (19)

  • Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956: 244.

    type genus Lentula Stål, 1878

  • Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 in Dirsh, 1961: 386.
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  • Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 in Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023: 187.
  • Lentulidae Dirsh, 1956 in Otte, 2024: 21.

Nomenclature references (19)

  • Brown, H.D. (1962) New and interesting grasshoppers from southern Africa - 3 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 25(2), 198–229. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/25/2/AJA00128789_3701
  • Brown, H.D. (2012) Additional species of Eremidium Karsch, 1896 with description of a new allied genus from South Africa (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, 2, 47–68.
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  • Brown, H.D. (2013) New grasshoppers from KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, 3, 59–79.
  • Brown, H.D. (2014) Armstrongium - an unusual new sylvan genus of Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Annals of the Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, 4(4), 33–50.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1961) A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 10(9), 351–419. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2242565
  • Hemp, C., Scherer, C., Brandl, R. & Pinkert, S. (2020) The origin of the endemic African grasshopper family Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and its climate-induced diversification. Journal of Biogeography. Available at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jbi.13880?af=R
  • Jago, N.D. (1981) A revision of the genus Usambilla Sjostedt (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and its allies. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 43(1), 1–38. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis43entolond
  • Johnsen, P. (1982) In Acridoidea of Zambia. Aarhus University, Aarhus. Vol. 2, 82–162 [continuation].
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1982) Orthoptera. In Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill Book Company. Vol. 2, pp. 352–379.
  • Matenaar, D., Bröder, L. & Hochkirch, A. (2016) A preliminary phylogeny of the South African Lentulidae. Hereditas, 153(1), 1–8. Available at http://hereditasjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s41065-015-0005-6
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Otte, D. (2020) Thirty-two new South African grasshopper species in the family Lentulidae belonging to eleven genera (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 146(1), 1–164.
  • Otte, D. (2024) Keys to Southern African Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and revision of Eremidium. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 150(1), 22–159. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.150.0102
  • Otte, D., Cowper, G. & Armstrong, A.J. (2023) Revision of Lentula, Nyassacris, Basutacris and Qachasia, with descriptions of three new genera and 26 new species (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 149(2), 185–234. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.149.0205
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.
  • Song, H. (2018) 10 Biodiversity of Orthoptera. In Insect Biodiversity: Science and Society, Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 245–279 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) In Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London. Vol. 1, 481 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Rank Total Valid Invalid
family110
subfamily422
genus563125
species401283118
subspecies1275