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Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878

Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878: male, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1502829; 6288b93a-b5a5-4439-bfa1-7bc74091ccd7: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502829; 6288b93a-b5a5-4439-bfa1-7bc74091ccd7: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502829; 6288b93a-b5a5-4439-bfa1-7bc74091ccd7: male, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502829; 6288b93a-b5a5-4439-bfa1-7bc74091ccd7: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502829; 6288b93a-b5a5-4439-bfa1-7bc74091ccd7: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878: 90.

    Holotype; male; b8985125-ab40-45d5-a529-b2761736d0ab; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, Port Natal

  • Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878 in Kirby, 1910: 385.
  • Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878 in Naskrecki, 2011: 119.
  • Lentula obtusifrons Stål, 1878 in Otte, Cowper & Armstrong, 2023: 186, 188.

References (15)

  • Stål, C. (1878) Systema Acridiodeorum. Essai d'une systématisation des acridiodées. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 5(4), 1–100. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49816#page/127/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Smit, B. (1935) Lentula obtusifrons Stal, the beneficial Rhenosterbos Locust. S. Afric. J. Sci., Johannesburg, 32, 461–468.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1944) A review of the Old World Euthymiae (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 96, 1–135. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=axt087cw1R0C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_v2_summary_r&cad=0
  • 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) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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.
  • Brown, H.D. (1962) New and interesting grasshoppers from southern Africa - 3 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 25(2), 198–229. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/25/2/AJA00128789_3701
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London, Vol. 1, 481 pp.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Flook, P.K. (2004) A dated molecular phylogeny of the Proctolabinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae), especially the Lithoscirtae, and the evolution of their adaptive traits and present biogeography. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 13(1), 35–56.
  • Naskrecki, P. (2011) Relics: Travels in Nature's Time Machine. University of Chicago Press, 384 pp.
  • Otte, D., Cowper, G. & Armstrong, A.J. (2023) Revision of Lentula, Nyassacris, Basutacris and Qachasia, with descriptions of three new genera and 26 new species (Acridoidea: Lentulidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 149(2), 185–234. https://doi.org/10.3157/061.149.0205

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Reference to shape of head.

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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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RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012