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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Bactrophora Westwood, 1842

Type

type species by original monotypy of Bactrophora Westwood, 1842

Nomenclature (16)

  • Bactrophora Westwood, 1842: 66.

    type species by original monotypy Bactrophora dominans Westwood, 1842

  • Scolocephalus Bruner, 1905: 315.

    type species by original monotypy Scolocephalus mirabilis Bruner, 1905

  • Bactrophora Westwood, 1842 in Rowell, 2013: 119.
  • Bactrophora Westwood, 1842 in Silva, Tavares, Fianco & González, 2021: 895.

References (11)

  • Westwood, J.O. (1842) Plate XVII. Illustrations of two rostrated Locustidae. Arcana Entomologica or Illustrations of New, Rare and Interesting Insects, 1(5), 65–66, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44314#page/107/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1905) Two remarkable new Costa Rican locusts. Entomological News, 16, 313–316. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20200
  • 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
  • Martínez, S. (1921) Nota acerca de la Bactrophora dominans Westwood (Orth. Locust). Memorias de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, Tomo extraordinario, 503–508. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/ing/Libro.php?Libro=1414
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1938) A revision of the Neotropical Euthymiae (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 90, 41–102. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=StMH4RATtWsC
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) Note on three aberrant genera of Acridoidea from South and Central America (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 40, 437–445. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/160829
  • Amédégnato, C. & Poulain, S. (1994) Nouvelles données sur les peuplements acridiens nord andéens et nord-ouest amazoniens: La famille des Romaleidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 30(1), 1–24. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6132539g/f14.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.
  • 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.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society, 611 pp.
  • Silva, D.S.M., Tavares, G.C., Fianco, M. & González, J.M. (2021) First report of the rare arboreal grasshopper Bactrophora dominans Westwood, 1842 (Insecta, Orthoptera, Caelifera, Romaleidae) from Brazil. Check List, 17(3), 895–903. Available at http://checklist.pensoft.net/article/63203/

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Latin baculum, stick or rod, and Greek φορᾱ́, carrying, alluding to the peculiar fastigium.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species2024