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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Moluchacris Rehn, 1942

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (11)

  • Phrynotettix Saussure, 1884: 47, 99. (homonym)

    type species by original monotypy Phrynotettix rana Saussure, 1884

  • Phrynotettix Saussure, 1884 (homonym of Phrynotettix Glover, 1872)
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  • Moluchacris Rehn, 1942 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 428.
  • Moluchacris Rehn, 1942 in Elgueta, Camousseight & Carbonell, 1999: 25.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Amédégnato, C. (1974) Les genres d'acridiens neotropicaux, leur classification par familles, sous-familles et tribus. Acrida, 3(3), 193–204.
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1900) Tristira, genus novum Tryxalidarum, vicinum Stauronoto, ex Fuegia. Comunicaciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 1(7), 235–236. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42968
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  • Cigliano, M.M. (1989) Revisión sistemática de la familia Tristiridae (Orthoptera, Acridoidea). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción, 60, 51–110. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31654600#page/57/mode/1up
  • de Saussure, H. (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
  • Eades, D.C. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1974) The phallic musculature of Pyrgomorphidae, with particular reference to Atractomorpha sinensis sinensis Bolivar, and notes on the family Tristiridae and the subfamily Pyrgacridinae, nov. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Acrida, 3(4), 247–265.
  • Elgueta, M., Camousseight, A. & Carbonell, C.S. (1999) Catálogo de Orthoptera (Insecta) de Chile. Publicación ocasional - Museo Nacional de Historia Natural (Chile), 54, 1–60. Available at http://publicaciones.mnhn.gob.cl/668/articles-71109_archivo_01.pdf
  • Glover (1872) In Illustrations of North-American Entomology: Orthoptera. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=EtZ4dbT4QBYC
  • 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. (1995) Orthoptera Species File 4. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] C. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 518 pp.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1942) The locusts of the South American generic group Tristriae (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Cyrtacanthacridinae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 68, 31–99. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4278_001#page/35/mode/1up
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Moluche, native name of the Araucanian people of Chile, and ᾰ̓κρῐ́ς, a locust.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1012
species4059