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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934

Type

type species by original designation of Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934

Nomenclature (16)

  • Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934: 37. (valid)

    type species by original designation Lethus oresterus Rehn & Rehn, 1934

  • Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934 in Rehn & Rehn, 1939: 204.
  • Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 806.
  • Lethus Rehn & Rehn, 1934 in Rowell & Perez-Gelabert, 2006: 192, 209, 229-240.

References (12)

  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. (1934) The Eumasticinae (Orthopt., Acrididae) of southern Mexico and Central America. Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 8, 84 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/118936#page/9/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. (1939) A review of the New World Eumastacinae (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Part I. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 91, 165–206.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. & Rehn, J.W.H. (1940) The generic name Lethus (Orthop. & Hymenoptera). Entomological News, 51(5), 216–218. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20181#page/670/mode/1up
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1940) Twenty-eight new generic names in Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5, 173–176.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1948) The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 100, 77–139. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=w4Y4UsJXKHwC
  • Petersen, G. & Gaedike, H. (1970) Katalog der in den Sammlungen des Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes aufbewahrten Typen II. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 20(1-2), 145–172. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/923
  • Descamps, M. (1971) Les Eumastacidae de Colombie. Revision des Paramastacinae et Eumastacinae (Acridomorpha, Eumastacoidea). Caldasia, 11(51), 99–192. Available at http://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/43969
  • Descamps, M. (1973) Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida, 2, 161–298.
  • Descamps, M. (1974) Quelques nouveaux Episactinae des genres Lethus et Gymnotettis (Orth. Eumastacoidea Episactidae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 10(3), 553–559. Available at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6127723k/f66.item
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 2. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A Eumastacoidea Trigonopterygoidea Pneumoroidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 162 pp.
  • 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.
  • Rowell, C.H.F. & Perez-Gelabert, D.E. (2006) The status of the Espagnolinae (Rehn 1948) and other subfamilies of the Episactidae (Descamps 1973) (Eumastacoidea, Caelifera, Orthoptera), with description of two new genera, Paralethus and Neibamastax. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(2), 191–240. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B191%3ATSOTER%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species4026
Subspecies2035