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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923

Type

Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 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.
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  • Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 in Otte, 2024: 21, 22, 44.
  • Betiscoides Sjöstedt, 1923 in Matenaar, 2024: 71, 85.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • 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) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
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  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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
  • 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., 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., 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. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • 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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1923) West- und Südafrikanische Acridiodeen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(22), 1–21. [1924]
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 1266 pp.

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.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species5005