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Betiscoides parva Key, 1937

Small Restio Grasshopper

Betiscoides parva Key, 1937: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Betiscoides parva Key, 1937: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Betiscoides parva Key, 1937: male, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Betiscoides parva Key, 1937: 142.

    Holotype; male; f23b54e2-3c29-49f9-add1-8b8227a5437f; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape Peninsula

  • Betiscoides parva Key, 1937 in Dirsh, 1956: 166, 257.
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  • Betiscoides parva Key, 1937 in Matenaar, Fingerle, Heym, Wirtz & Hochkirch, 2017
  • Betiscoides parva Key, 1937 in Matenaar, 2024: 72.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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. (1965) In The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London. 579 pp.
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  • 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.

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Etymology:

Latin for small or little.

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