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Proracris insignis (Gerstaecker, 1889)

Upper Amazon Grasshopper
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Nomenclature (6)

  • Prorachthes insignis Gerstaecker, 1889: 6.

    Syntype; female; d3f8b355-860e-4ff5-8e8a-86207050049f; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Brazil: Amazonas: Olivença. Syntype; female; 6aea00df-0956-47ef-942b-22d804b18a59; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Peru: Loreto: Loreto, Yurimaguas

  • Prorachthes insignis Gerstaecker, 1889 in Kirby, 1910: 408.
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  • Proracris insignis (Gerstaecker, 1889) in Rehn, 1955: 30.
  • Proracris insignis (Gerstaecker, 1889) in Otte, 1995: 50.

References (6)

  • Bruner, L. (1920) Saltatorial Orthoptera from South America and the Isle of Pines. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 5–91. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118#page/19/mode/1up
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1889) Charakteristik einer Reihe bemerkenswerther Orthopteren. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein für Neuvorpommern und Rügen in Greifswald, 20, 1–58.
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  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1955) On some Gerstaecker types of neotropical Orthoptera. II. Acrididae (part). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 81, 21–35.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty-four new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 112–117.

Descendants and synonyms

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