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Brasilacris gigas Rehn, 1940

Brasilacris gigas Rehn, 1940: pair (Brazil, Pernambuco, near Petrolina, 1985). (Otu).
Brasilacris gigas Rehn, 1940: pair (Brazil, Pernambuco, near Petrolina, 1985). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female with labels, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female head and pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female abdomen tip, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female head and pronotum, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female abdomen, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female abdomen, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female, knee region of hind legs. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female abdomen, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498683; 828f73c6-4025-48ef-a3bd-1a77779d5fac: female abdomen tip, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male with labels, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male head and pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male abdomen and hind legs, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male abdomen and hind legs, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1498684; 0cde460f-5809-47a8-a2fb-ec2c3fa96705: male abdomen tip, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523893; e0a5d996-84a9-4d32-85fe-7c1f680d7770: Image C.S. Carbonell. female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523893; e0a5d996-84a9-4d32-85fe-7c1f680d7770: Image C.S. Carbonell. female head and pronotum, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523893; e0a5d996-84a9-4d32-85fe-7c1f680d7770: Image C.S. Carbonell. female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523893; e0a5d996-84a9-4d32-85fe-7c1f680d7770: Image C.S. Carbonell. female head and pronotum, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523893; e0a5d996-84a9-4d32-85fe-7c1f680d7770: Image C.S. Carbonell. female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523893; e0a5d996-84a9-4d32-85fe-7c1f680d7770: Image C.S. Carbonell. female abdomen, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523893; e0a5d996-84a9-4d32-85fe-7c1f680d7770: Image C.S. Carbonell. female, hind leg (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Brasilacris gigas Rehn, 1940: 5.

    Holotype; female; e0a5d996-84a9-4d32-85fe-7c1f680d7770; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Brazil: Bahia

  • Brasilacris gigas Rehn, 1940 in Liebermann, 1955: 336.
  • Brasilacris gigas Rehn, 1940 in Otte, 1995: 39.

References (3)

  • 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.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1940) A new genus of Tropinotine locusts from Brazil (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Notulae Naturae, 66, 1–9. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=WGgEnbxh_CsC

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Giant.

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