species

Titanacris velazquezii (Nieto, 1857)

Titanacris velazquezii (Nieto, 1857): Fig. 37. male, left hind femur, external view. (Otu).

Titanacris velazquezii (Nieto, 1857): Fig. 29. epiphallus, frontal, dorsal and lateral view. (Otu).

Titanacris velazquezii (Nieto, 1857): male, lateral view. (Otu).

CollectionObject 1565656; 0398732f-92d9-4054-a8d1-a6c4eb4d1569: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1565656; 0398732f-92d9-4054-a8d1-a6c4eb4d1569: Image Carbonell, C.S. male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Syntype; 5e68417b-44b7-4f8d-a86e-efd2212c6360; Mexico: Veracruz: Cordoba

Nomenclature (20)

Acridium praetor Erichson, 1848: 582.
Acridium praetor Erichson, 1848 (nomen oblitum of Acridium velazquezii Nieto, 1857)
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Titanacris velasquezii [sic] (Nieto, 1857) in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona, 2015: 217, 218.
Acridium velasquezii [sic] (Nieto, 1857) (misspelling of Acridium velazquezii Nieto, 1857)

Nomenclature references (16)

Bolívar, I. (1896) Ortópteros recogidos por el Sr. Uraz en la cuenca del Rio Atalapo [misprint for Atabapo]. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 5(25), 11–18. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54790#page/391/mode/1up
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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Bruner, L. (1913) South American locusts (Acridoidea) II. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 8(3-4), 423–506. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37006

Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.

Descamps, M. & Carbonell, C.S. (1985) Revision of the Neotropical arboreal genus Titanacris (Orthoptera, Acridoidea, Romaleidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 21(3), 259–285. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6129393g/f268.item

Erichson, W.F. (1848) Versuch einer Fauna und Flora von Britisch-Guiana Insekten. In Reisen in den Jahren 1840-1849 British-Guiana. Vol. 3, 553–617 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109594#page/43/mode/1up

Gerstaecker, A. (1858) Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Leistungen im Gebiete der Entomologie während des Jahres 1957. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 24, 193–480. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Archiv-Naturgeschichte_24-2_0193-0480.pdf

Hebard, M. (1932) New species and records of Mexican Orthoptera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 58(3), 201–371. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4268_003#page/2/mode/1up

Hogue, C.L. (1993) In Latin American Insects and Entomology. University of California Press. 594 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=3CTf8bnlndwC

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

Nieto, J.-A. (1857) Note sur une nouvelle espèce d'orthoptère du Mexique (Acridium velazquezii). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 9, 359–362. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48710#page/367/mode/1up

Ostega, M. (1858) Sobre la Langosta Acridium velasquezii. Bol. geograf. Mexico, 6, 147–152.

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

Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) In The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society. 611 pp.

Scudder, S.H. (1869) A study of the gigantic lobe-crested grasshoppers of South and Central America. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 12, 345–355. [1868] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37039#page/353/mode/1up
Thomas, C. (1873) Part II: Acrididae of North America not found in the United States. In Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Invertebrate Paleontology. Vol. 5, pp. 191–262. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18502#page/207/mode/1up

Asserted distribution

Collection object

Type material

Descendants and synonyms

Titanacris velazquezii (Nieto, 1857)
- =Acridium praetor Erichson, 1848
- =Acridium velasquezii [sic] (Nieto, 1857)
- =Titanacris velasquezi [sic] Nieto, 1857

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Lower montane rainforest.

Gender, form, and etymology

Noun in genitive case

Etymology:

Dedicated to Joaquin Velazquez de Leon (1803–1882), who served as Mexican ministro de Fomento, Industria y Comercio.

Titanacris velazquezii (Nieto, 1857)

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species	8	1	7