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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Batrachornis hottentotus (Saussure, 1884)

Batrachornis hottentotus (Saussure, 1884): lateral view. (Otu).
Batrachornis hottentotus (Saussure, 1884): lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Batrachotettix [sic] hottentotus Saussure, 1884: 236, 237. (valid)

    Syntype; b5cedd89-066e-4d30-96a0-5963f49fd8aa; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW);

  • Batrachotettix [sic] hottentotus Saussure, 1884 in Saussure, 1888: 147.
  • Batrachornis hottentotus (Saussure, 1884) in Hollier, 2012: 318.
  • Batrachornis hottentottus [sic] Saussure, 1884 (misspelling of Batrachotettix [sic] hottentotus Saussure, 1884)

References (7)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Hollier, J.A. (2012) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, part 3: The Acridoidea excluding the Acrididae: Oedipodinae. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 119(3), 303–339. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/185629#page/47/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 pp.
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1884) Prodromus Oedipodiorum, Insectorum ex Ordine Orthopterorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 28(9), 1–254, 1 pl. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38465
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1888) Additamenta ad Prodromum Oedipodiorum. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(1), 1–180. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/71/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1034