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Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923

Slender Restio Grasshopper

Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923: 2011. individual from Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. (Otu).
Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923: 2011. individual from Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve. (Otu).
Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923: male, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (13)

  • Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923: 14.

    Holotype; female; a8312946-3d3b-47ea-859f-9ac7f33f8f37; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa

  • Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 in Key, 1937: 137.
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  • Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 in Matenaar, Fingerle, Heym, Wirtz & Hochkirch, 2017
  • Betiscoides meridionalis Sjöstedt, 1923 in Matenaar, 2024: 72.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • Brown, H.D. (1959) New and interesting grasshoppers (Acridoidea) from South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 22, 283–297. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/22/2/AJA00128789_3507
  • 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.
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  • 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) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1937) New Acrididae from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 32, 135–167, 5 pls. 2 figs.
  • 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., 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.
  • Picker, M., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. (2005) In Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa. 444 pp.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1923) West- und Südafrikanische Acridiodeen. Arkiv för Zoologi, 15(22), 1–21. [1924]

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Latin for southern, relating to the distribution in the very south of Africa.

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