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genus

Prionacris Stål, 1878

Type

type species by original monotypy of

Nomenclature (10)

  • Prionacris Stål, 1878: 19, 55.

    type species by original monotypy Prionacris compressa Stål, 1878

  • Prionacris Stål, 1878 in Roberts, 1941: 240.
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  • Prionacris Stål, 1878 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 571.
  • Prionacris Stål, 1878 in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 202.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Amédégnato, C. & Poulain, S. (1986) Diagnoses et signalisations de Romaleidae arboricoles amazoniens (Orthoptera: Acrididea). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 22(4), 423–455. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6149714s/f432.item
  • Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
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  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
  • Descamps, M. (1978) Etude des écosystèmes guyanais III. Acridomorpha dendrophiles (Orthoptera Caelifera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 14(3), 301–349. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k61294858/f312.item
  • Descamps, M. (1981) La faune dendrophile Néotropicale VI. Diagnoses génériques et spécifiques d'Acridoidea de la région de Manaus (Orthoptera). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 17(3), 311–330. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6141355v/f320.item
  • 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. & Grant, H.J., Jr. (1959) The correct placement of genus Prionacris (Orthoptera: Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Notulae Naturae, 323, 1–3. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=wLZkdWZHhzMC
  • Roberts, H.R. (1941) A comparative study of the subfamilies of the Acrididae (Orthoptera) primarily on the basis of their phallic structures. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 93, 201–246.
  • Stål, C. (1878) Systema Acridiodeorum. Essai d'une systématisation des acridiodées. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 5(4), 1–100. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49816#page/127/mode/1up
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species7018