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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Shelfordites Karny, 1910

Type

type species by original monotypy of Shelfordites Karny, 1910

Nomenclature (32)

  • Shelfordites Karny, 1910: 78.

    type species by original monotypy Shelfordites aberrans Karny, 1910

  • Shelfordites Karny, 1910 in Uvarov, 1925: 186.
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  • Karruacris Dirsh, 1958 (subjective synonym of Shelfordites Karny, 1910) in Otte, 2024: 22, 41.
  • Occidentula Brown, 1967 (subjective synonym of Shelfordites Karny, 1910) in Otte, 2024: 22, 41.

References (16)

  • Brown, H.D. (1961) A remarkable new genus of the family Lentulidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 24(2), 253–258.
  • Brown, H.D. (1967) A new grasshopper allied to Shelfordites Karny from South West Africa (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Cimbebasia, Ser. A (Vol. 1,No.1), 4–22.
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  • 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. (1958) New Acridoidea (Orthoptera) from the Karroo Region, South Africa. Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 21, 323–332. Available at http://journals.co.za/content/JESSA/21/2/AJA00128789_2513
  • 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.
  • Karny, H.H. (1910) Orthoptera (s. str.). In Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena. Vol. 4, pp. 35–90, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/114237#page/51/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 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
  • 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
  • Ritchie, J.M. (1982) New and little-known Acridoidea (Insecta, Orthoptera) from Somalia. 1. The genus Merehana Kevan and its taxonomic affinities, with a redefinition of the Shelforditinae. Monitore zoologico italiano (N.S.), Suppl. 17(6), 171–181. Available at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03749444.1982.10736664
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1925) On some new short-horned grasshoppers (Acrididae) from South Africa. Annals of the Natal Museum, 5(2), 159–187, 24 figs.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1929) Contributions to a knowledge of the Fauna of South West Africa. VIII. Records and descriptions of Acrididae from S.W. Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 29, 41–75. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127106#page/65/mode/1up
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Dedicated to the orthopterist Dr. L. Shelford.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1034
Species70411