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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937

Robust Restio Grasshopper
Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937: female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937: 140.

    Holotype; male; 66b01661-cba1-48a3-b8e5-f1d652293d87; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Western Cape: Table Mountain

  • Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937 in Dirsh, 1965: 178.
  • Betiscoides sjostedti Key, 1937 in Matenaar, 2024: 72.

References (3)

  • Key, K.H.L. (1937) New Acrididae from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 32, 135–167, 5 pls. 2 figs.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Namend after the Swedish naturalist Yngve Sjöstedt (1866-1948) who published important works on Australian grasshoppers.

Stats

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