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Eremidium equuleus Karsch, 1896

Eremidium equuleus Karsch, 1896: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Eremidium equuleus Karsch, 1896: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Eremidium equuleus Karsch, 1896: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Eremidium equuleus Karsch, 1896: p. 281. original description. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501085; 1abf8c68-9c5f-4a80-a67e-9333896b8926, DORSA BA000026S01: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501085; 1abf8c68-9c5f-4a80-a67e-9333896b8926, DORSA BA000026S01: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501085; 1abf8c68-9c5f-4a80-a67e-9333896b8926, DORSA BA000026S01: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501085; 1abf8c68-9c5f-4a80-a67e-9333896b8926, DORSA BA000026S01: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501085; 1abf8c68-9c5f-4a80-a67e-9333896b8926, DORSA BA000026S01: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Eremidium equuleus Karsch, 1896: 281.

    Holotype; female; DORSA BA000026S01; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); South Africa: Western Cape: Pondoland

  • Eremidium equuleum Karsch, 1896 in Ramme, 1929: 299.
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  • Eremidium (Eremidium) equuleus Karsch, 1896 in Otte & Armstrong, 2017
  • Eremidium equuleus Karsch, 1896 in Otte, 2024: 67.

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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Some new and little known South African Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 19, 250–288. Available at https://journals.co.za/doi/10.10520/AJA00128789_4335
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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. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) 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.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. & Armstrong, A.J. (2017) Additional Eremidium species from Eastern Cape Province and KwaZulu-Natal Province in South Africa and a new genus, Zulutettix (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 143(2), 305–433.
  • Otte, D. (2015) Revision of the genus Eremidium Karsch with descriptions of sixteen new species (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 141(3), 499–544.
  • 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
  • Ramme, W. (1929) Afrikanische Acrididae. Revisionen und Beschreibungen wenig bekannter und neuer Gattungen und Arten. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 15, 247–492.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for little horse, probably alluding to appearance.

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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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Species1023