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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923

Type

type species by original monotypy of Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923

Nomenclature (11)

  • Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923: 12.

    type species by original monotypy Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923

  • Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 in Dirsh, 1956: 138, 165.
  • Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 in Otte, 2024: 21, 22, 44.
  • Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 in Matenaar, 2024: 71, 85.

References (11)

  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1923) West- und Südafrikanische Acridiodeen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(22), 1–21. [1924]
  • 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.
  • 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. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 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.
  • Matenaar, D., Bröder, L., Bazelet, C.S. & Hochkirch, A. (2014) Persisting in a windy habitat: population ecology and behavioral adaptations of two endemic grasshopper species in the Cape region (South Africa). Journal of Insect Conservation. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10841-014-9654-4
  • 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
  • Matenaar, D., Fingerle, M., Heym, E., Wirtz, S. & Hochkirch, A. (2017) Phylogeography of the endemic grasshopper genus Betiscoides (Lentulidae) in the South African Cape Floristic Region. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 118, 318–329.
  • Otte, D. (2024) Keys to Southern African Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) and revision of Eremidium. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 150(1), 21–159. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.150.0102
  • Matenaar, D. (2024) Application of extended depth of field 3D imagery to tackle the challenges of cryptic species: a use case in the genus Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1924 (Orthoptera, Caelifera, Lentulidae) and its taxonomic implications. Evolutionary Systematics, 8(1), 65–90. https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.8.117735

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Betisca Sjöstedt, 1921.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species5005