Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: male. (Otu).
Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: male. (Otu).
Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: female. (Otu).
Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: male, dorsal view. (Otu).
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CollectionObject 1506207; e3ca80e4-5a54-4a2a-87d2-ee0467eb6d86: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view (syntype of Diponthus puelchus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506207; e3ca80e4-5a54-4a2a-87d2-ee0467eb6d86: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, frontal view (syntype of Diponthus puelchus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506207; e3ca80e4-5a54-4a2a-87d2-ee0467eb6d86: Image Carbonell, C.S.C. male, dorsal view (syntype of Diponthus puelchus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506517; 7cf7e43a-c566-4aee-a775-69e102372804: Image Carbonell, C.S.C. female, lateral view (syntype of Diponthus puelchus). (CollectionObject).
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CollectionObject 1506517; 7cf7e43a-c566-4aee-a775-69e102372804: Image Carbonell, C.S.C. female, dorsal view (syntype of Diponthus puelchus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: 375. (valid)

    Syntype; male; e3ca80e4-5a54-4a2a-87d2-ee0467eb6d86; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Argentina: Buenos Aires: Bahía Blanca. Syntype; female; 7cf7e43a-c566-4aee-a775-69e102372804; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Argentina: Buenos Aires: Bahía Blanca

  • Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Bruner, 1900: 61, 65.
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  • Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887 (subjective synonym of Zoniopoda picta Bolívar, 1884) in Hollier, 2011: 386.
  • Diponthus puelchus Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Pocco, Scattolini, Lange & Cigliano, 2014: 317.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Bruner, L. (1900) In Second Report of the Merchants' Locust Investigation Commission of Buenos Aires. Lincoln. 80 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/39801
  • Carbonell, C.S., Cigliano, M.M. & Lange, C.E. (2006) In Especies de acridomorfos (Orthoptera) de Argentina y Uruguay / Acridomorph (Orthoptera) species of Argentina and Uruguay. The Orthopterists' Society.
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  • Hollier, J.A. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118(2), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437
  • 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
  • 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., Scattolini, M.C., Lange, C.E. & Cigliano, M.M. (2014) Taxonomic delimitation in color polymorphic species of the South American grasshopper genus Diponthus Stål (Orthoptera, Romaleidae, Romaleini). Insect Systematics and Evolution, 45, 303–350.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Probably derived from the Puelche people living in southwestern Argentina.

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