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Megacheilacris megacephala (Bruner, 1907)

Megacheilacris megacephala (Bruner, 1907): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Megacheilacris megacephala (Bruner, 1907): female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1523865; 2854decd-a7f7-4639-a4dc-5d26d91f8952: Image Carbonell, C.S. labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523865; 2854decd-a7f7-4639-a4dc-5d26d91f8952: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523865; 2854decd-a7f7-4639-a4dc-5d26d91f8952: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523865; 2854decd-a7f7-4639-a4dc-5d26d91f8952: Image Carbonell, C.S. female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Taeniophora megacephala Bruner, 1907: 245, 246.

    Holotype; female; 2854decd-a7f7-4639-a4dc-5d26d91f8952; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Panama

  • Taeniophora megacephala Bruner, 1907 in Kirby, 1910: 390.
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  • Megacheilacris megacephala (Bruner, 1907) in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 159.
  • Megacheilacris megacephala (Bruner, 1907) in Cardona-Granda, 2015: 62-67.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • 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
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 pp.
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  • Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) In Grasshoppers of Northwest South America. A Photo Guide. Volume 2 - The Eastern Fauna. Blurb. 236 pp.
  • Descamps, M. & Amédégnato, C. (1971) Contribution à la faune des Acridoidea de Colombie (missions M. Descamps). 2. Les genres Taeniophora Stal 1873 et Megacephlacris, nov. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 7(1), 115–146. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k61402645/f122.item
  • Descamps, M. (1978) La faune dendrophile neotropicale II. Revue de Taeniophorini et Ophthalmolampini (Orth. Romaleidae). Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris (Zoologie 3e serie), 517 (Zool. 355), 371–476. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/265607#page/4/mode/1up
  • Hebard, M. (1924) Studies in the Acrididae of Panama (Orth.). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 50(2), 75–140. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4260_002#page/3/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2013) In The Grasshoppers (Caelifera) of Costa Rica and Panama. The Orthopterists' Society. 611 pp.

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