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Romalea obscura (Bruner, 1907)

Romalea obscura (Bruner, 1907): male, lateral view (possibly a type). (Otu).
Romalea obscura (Bruner, 1907): male, lateral view (possibly a type). (Otu).
Romalea obscura (Bruner, 1907): male, dorsal view (possibly a type). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1523814; 539b6d42-9a01-4893-954e-950f2cea16ad: female, lateral view (holotype of Romalea bicristata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523814; 539b6d42-9a01-4893-954e-950f2cea16ad: labels (holotype of Taeniopoda bicristata). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (12)

  • Taeniopoda obscura Bruner, 1907: 235.

    Syntype; 3957b650-fe35-4e91-86f9-a354f78d162a; Mexico: Yucatán: Temax

  • Taeniopoda bicristata Bruner, 1907: 236.

    Holotype; female; 539b6d42-9a01-4893-954e-950f2cea16ad; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Mexico: Puebla: Matamoros

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  • Taeniopoda bicristata Bruner, 1907 (subjective synonym of Taeniopoda obscura Bruner, 1907) in De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Zaldívar-Riverón, 2023: 19.
  • Romalea obscura (Bruner, 1907) in De Jesús-Bonilla, Barrientos-Lozano & Zaldívar-Riverón, 2023: 19.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Barrientos-Lozano, L., Rocha-Sánchez, A.Y., Buzzetti, F.M., Méndez-Gómez, B.R. & Horta-Vega, J.V. (2013) Saltamontes y esperanzas del noreste de México (Insecta: Orthoptera). Guía ilustrada. Ciudad de México, 388 pp.
  • Bruner, L. (1907) Orthoptera. The Acrididae. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2, 208–248. Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/bca/navigation/bca_20_02_00/bca_20_02_00select.cfm
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  • De Jesús-Bonilla, V.S., Barrientos-Lozano, L. & Zaldívar-Riverón, A. (2017) Sequence-based species delineation and molecular phylogenetics of the transitional Nearctic–Neotropical grasshopper genus Taeniopoda (Orthoptera, Romaleidae). Systematics and Biodiversity, 16(6), 600–617.
  • De Jesús-Bonilla, V.S., Barrientos-Lozano, L. & Zaldívar-Riverón, A. (2023) Taxonomic revision of the transitional Nearctic-Neotropical lubber grasshopper genus Romalea (Orthoptera: Romaleidae). Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 94(e945023), 1–27. Available at http://rev.mex.biodivers.unam.mx/index.php/es/taxonomic-revision-of-the-transitional/
  • Hebard, M. (1925) A revision of the genus Taeniopoda (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cryrtacanthacrinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 50(4), 253–274. [1924] Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4260_004#page/3/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Maes, J.-M. (1998) In Insectos de Nicaragua. Museo Entomológico de León. Vol. 1, 500 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Hebard, M. (1912) Fixation of single type (lectotype) specimens of American Orthoptera. Section I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 64(1), 60–128. Available at http://archive.org/details/proceedingsofaca64acad/page/60/mode/2up

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