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Diponthus electus (Serville, 1838)

Diponthus electus (Serville, 1838): female. (Otu).
Diponthus electus (Serville, 1838): female. (Otu).
Diponthus electus (Serville, 1838): male. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518634; 76af760a-8a9f-44ba-b3ed-8d177d65e016, NHMUK015982206: labels (holotype of Acridium maculiferum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518634; 76af760a-8a9f-44ba-b3ed-8d177d65e016, NHMUK015982206: male, dorsal view (holotype of Acridium maculiferum). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540834; 70d69987-0c30-43e2-8f49-ab04f8eda906: Image, Carbonell, C.S. labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540834; 70d69987-0c30-43e2-8f49-ab04f8eda906: Image, Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540834; 70d69987-0c30-43e2-8f49-ab04f8eda906: Image, Carbonell, C.S. male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540834; 70d69987-0c30-43e2-8f49-ab04f8eda906: Image, Carbonell, C.S. male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540834; 70d69987-0c30-43e2-8f49-ab04f8eda906: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Acridium electum Serville, 1838: 67.

    Holotype; male; 70d69987-0c30-43e2-8f49-ab04f8eda906; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Uruguay: Montevideo

  • Acridium (Diponthus) electum Serville, 1838 in Stål, 1861: 328.
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  • Acridium maculiferum Walker, 1870 (subjective synonym of Acridium electum Serville, 1838) in Pocco, Lange & Cigliano, 2023: 57.
  • Diponthus electus (Serville, 1838) in Pocco, Lange & Cigliano, 2023: 57.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Carbonell, C.S., Cigliano, M.M. & Lange, C.E. (2006) Especies de acridomorfos (Orthoptera) de Argentina y Uruguay / Acridomorph (Orthoptera) species of Argentina and Uruguay. The Orthopterists' Society.
  • 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
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  • 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
  • Liebermann, J. (1955) Primeira relação sistemática dos Acridoideos do Brasil. Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 53(2-4), 329–344. Available at http://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v53n2-3-4/tomo53(f2-3-4)_194-209.pdf
  • 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
  • Pocco, M.E., Lange, C.E. & Cigliano, M.M. (2023) Relationships and taxonomy of the genus Diponthus Stål (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Romaleidae). Zootaxa, 5336(1), 33–81. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.1.2
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1913) A contribution to the knowledge of the Orthoptera of Argentina. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 65, 273–379. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30014#page/291/mode/1up
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • Stål, C. (1861) Orthoptera species novas descripsit. In Kongliga Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring jorden under befäl af C.A. Virgin åren 1851-1853 (Zoologi). Utgifna of K. Svenska Vetanskaps Akademien (P.A. Norstedt and Soner), Stockholm. Vol. 2, Issue 1, 299–350 pp. [1860] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20004#page/311/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich

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