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Porthetis carinata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Porthetis carinata (Linnaeus, 1758): dorsal view. (Otu).
Porthetis carinata (Linnaeus, 1758): dorsal view. (Otu).
Porthetis carinata (Linnaeus, 1758): lateral view. (Otu).
Porthetis carinata (Linnaeus, 1758): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (28)

  • Gryllus (Bulla) carinatus Linnaeus, 1758: 427.

    Neotype; male; faa819b1-f187-4598-9250-aa42b5484b78; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Majesfontein

  • Gryllus (Bulla) carinatus Linnaeus, 1758 in Linnaeus, 1767: 693.
  • Xiphocera (Porthetis) consobrina Saussure, 1887 (subjective synonym of Gryllus (Bulla) carinatus Linnaeus, 1758) in Hollier, 2012: 312.
  • Porthetis carinata (Linnaeus, 1758) in Massa, 2020: 30.

References (22)

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  • Linnaeus, C. (1767) Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae: Vol. 1, pt. 2. 1327 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137240#page/5/mode/1up
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • 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
  • Massa, B. (2020) Remarks on some interesting African Pamphagidae and Acrididae (Insecta: Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Zootaxa, 4751(1), 29–54.

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Etymology:

Alluding to shape of pronotum.

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