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Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953

Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: male, lateral view. (Otu).;Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: Fig. 25. male head, frontal view. (Otu).
Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: Fig. 28. male head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: Fig. 29. male head, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: Fig. 26. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: Fig. 27. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: Fig. 30. apex of penis, profile. (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953: 377.

    Holotype; male; 1d015b1f-1a29-4a35-bd85-61b7497c24bc; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Lesotho: Basutoland: Maluti Mountains, Nyakroesuba

  • Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953 in Dirsh, 1956: 162, 257.
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  • Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953 in Johnston, 1968: 139.
  • Basutacris scotti Dirsh, 1953 in Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023: 200.

References (9)

  • 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
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1953) New and little-known South African Acrididae (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 376–381.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • 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. (1957) The spermatheca as a taxonomic character in Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 32, 107–114.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after collector Hugh Scott.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001