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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Calviniacris peninsularis (Dirsh, 1956)

Calviniacris peninsularis (Dirsh, 1956): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Calviniacris peninsularis (Dirsh, 1956): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Calviniacris peninsularis (Dirsh, 1956): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Uvarovidium peninsulare Dirsh, 1956: 280.

    Holotype; male; f57affbd-e986-4a00-a155-31b48a43bab1; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape Peninsula

  • Uvarovidium peninsulare Dirsh, 1956 in Dirsh, 1965: 214.
  • Uvarovidium peninsulare Dirsh, 1956 in Otte, 2014: 360.
  • Calviniacris peninsularis (Dirsh, 1956) in Otte, 2024: 34.

References (5)

  • 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
  • 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. (2014) Twenty-nine new species in the genus Leatettix (Acridoidea: Lentulidae) from the Southern, Western and Northern Cape, South Africa. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 140, 349–401. Available at http://authors.entomology-aes.org/article/public/18.pdf
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after distribution on Cape Peninsula.

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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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Species1012