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Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960

Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 19 (after type). male habitus. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 20. male, head, lateral view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 21. male, head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 22. male, end of abdomen, lateral view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 23. male, antenna. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 24. male, epiphallus. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 25. female, head, lateral view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 26. female, head, dorsal view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 27. female, end of abdomen, lateral view. (Otu).
Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: Fig. 28. female, antenna. (Otu).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960: 132.

    Holotype; male; df3508e2-134f-49df-ad19-ac3348ec6981; deposited at: Transvaal Museum (TMSA); South Africa: Eastern Cape: Niewekloof, 22 miles SE Willowmore

  • Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960 in Dirsh, 1965: 171.
  • Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960 in Otte, 2020: 7.
  • Devylderia acocksi Brown, 1960 in Otte, 2024: 44.

References (5)

  • Brown, H.D. (1960) New grasshoppers (Acridoidea) from the Great Kattoo and South Eastern Cape Province. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 23(1), 126–143. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/23/1/AJA00128789_2815
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Otte, D. (2020) Thirty-two new South African grasshopper species in the family Lentulidae belonging to eleven genera (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 146(1), 1–164.
  • 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

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