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genus

Alcamenes Stål, 1878

Type

type species by subsequent designation of

Nomenclature (10)

  • Alcamenes Stål, 1878: 14.

    type species by subsequent designation Tropinotus granulatus Stål, 1875 in Kirby, 1910

  • Alcamenes Stål, 1878 in Pictet & Saussure, 1887: 336.
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  • Alcamenes Stål, 1878 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 44.
  • Alcamenes Stål, 1878 in Carbonell, 2000: 9.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
  • Bruner, L. (1911) South American Acridoidea. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 8(1), 5–147. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37006
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  • Carbonell, C.S. (2000) Names of grasshopper genera. Metaleptea, 20(2), 8–10. Available at http://140.247.96.247/orthsoc/pdf/met_20_2.pdf
  • 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
  • Liebermann, J. (1939) Catálogo sistemático y biogeográfico de acridoideos argentinos. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 10, 125–230. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/58220
  • Otte, D. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Pictet, A. & de Saussure, H. (1887) Catalogue d'Acridiens. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 7(9), 331–376. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39741
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Grant, H.J., Jr. (1959) An analysis of the tribes of the Romaleinae with special reference to their internal genitalia (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 85, 233–271.
  • 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
  • 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

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek Ἀλκᾰμένης, male given name, from ἀλκή, strength and μένος, might.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species3025