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Transvaaliana distanti (Saussure, 1892)

Transvaaliana distanti (Saussure, 1892): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Transvaaliana distanti (Saussure, 1892): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Transvaaliana distanti (Saussure, 1892): lateral view. (Otu).
Transvaaliana distanti (Saussure, 1892): Fig. 9. female head and pronotum, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Xiphocera distanti Saussure, 1892 in Distant, 1892: 260.

    Holotype; female; bd9b4b1b-9ae2-48d9-b8cf-9b5e88ce1ea2; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Gauteng: Pretoria

  • Pagopedilum distanti (Saussure, 1892) in Kirby, 1910: 346.
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  • Transvaaliana distanti (Saussure, 1892) in Johnston, 1968: 54, 55.
  • Transvaaliana distanti (Saussure, 1892) in Hollier, 2012: 315.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Bolívar, I. (1916) Orthoptera. Fam. Acrididae. Subfam. Pamphaginae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 170, 40 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105422#page/13/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1958) Revision of the group Portheti (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 34, 299–400. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/155628
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Distant, W.L. (1892) Naturalist in the Transvaal. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20046#page/11/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 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

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