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Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888

Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: dorsal view. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: dorsal view. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: female, lateral view. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 1. male habitus (body length 16.6 mm, pronotum 5.6 mm, hind femur 9.1 mm). (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 2. male abdomen tip. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 3. male meso- and metasternum. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 4. epiphallus. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 5. male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 6. male face. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 7 (Mn metanotum, Ab abdominal segments). female, metathoracic projection, lateral view. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 2. right metatibia. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 13. left metafemur. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 18. pronotum. (Otu).
Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: Fig. 8. rigth antenna. (Otu).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888: 100.

    Holotype; female; a6d3eab3-5b2d-410f-b966-9f9201b35051; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC); Namibia: Namaqualand

  • Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888 in Kirby, 1910: 282.
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  • Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888 in Johnston, 1968: 68.
  • Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888 in Hollier, 2012: 314.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Brown, H.D. (1962) The male of Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure, 1888 (Orthoptera: Lathiceridae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 25(2), 192–197.
  • de Saussure, H. (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
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1954) Lathicerinae, a new subfamily of Acrididae (Orthoptera). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7(81), 670–672.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • 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) In 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1955) The adults of Crypsicerus cubicus Saussure (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Lathicerinae). Notulae Naturae, 271, 1–5. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=hg4pk4ebgCsC

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