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Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887

Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: male, lateral view, color morph reddish orange and dark gray. (Otu).
Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: male, lateral view, color morph reddish orange and dark gray. (Otu).
Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: male, dorsal view, color morph reddish orange and dark gray. (Otu).
Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: male. (Otu).
Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: female. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1506206; d18fa894-f95f-44a6-a913-2fd27592672d: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506206; d18fa894-f95f-44a6-a913-2fd27592672d: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506206; d18fa894-f95f-44a6-a913-2fd27592672d: Image Carbonell, C.S. female head and pronotum, dorsal view (type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1506206; d18fa894-f95f-44a6-a913-2fd27592672d: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, frontal view (type). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564352; 7739f36e-56eb-41cb-952d-b359206e38c4: male, lateral view, color morph yellow and dark gray. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1564352; 7739f36e-56eb-41cb-952d-b359206e38c4: male, dorsal view, color morph yellow and dark gray. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887: 373.
  • Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Kirby, 1910: 382.
  • Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Pocco, Scattolini, Lange & Cigliano, 2014: 326.
  • Diponthus pycnostictus Pictet & Saussure, 1887 in Pocco, Lange & Cigliano, 2023: 46.

References (8)

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Liebermann, J. (1948) Los Acridios de Santa Fe. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 14(1-2), 55–114. Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/65195
  • Pictet, A. & Saussure, H.L.F.de (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
  • 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 referring to coloration: densely spotted.

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