genus
Mecostiboides Dirsh, 1957
Type
Mecostibus physalus Karsch, 1896 type species by original designation of Mecostiboides Dirsh, 1957
Nomenclature (4)
- Mecostiboides Dirsh, 1957: 69.
type species by original designation Mecostibus physalus Karsch, 1896
- Mecostiboides Dirsh, 1957 in Johnston, 1968: 130.
- Mecostiboides Dirsh, 1957 in Otte, 1995: 5.
- Mecostiboides Dirsh, 1957 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 179.
Nomenclature references (4)
- Dirsh, V.M. (1957) Review of the genus Mecostibus Karsch (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 34, 69–84.
- Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
- Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
- Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Referring to similarity with genus Mecostibus Karsch, 1896.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| species | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |