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Species

Euschmidtia cruciformis (Bolívar, 1895)

Seychelles Monkey Grasshopper
Euschmidtia cruciformis (Bolívar, 1895): 2013. male (Mahé). (Otu).
Euschmidtia cruciformis (Bolívar, 1895): 2013. male (Mahé). (Otu).
Euschmidtia cruciformis (Bolívar, 1895): 2013 Natural History Museum, London. male, lateral view. (Otu).
Euschmidtia cruciformis (Bolívar, 1895): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Euschmidtia cruciformis (Bolívar, 1895): female, lateral view. (Otu).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Peoedes cruciformis Bolívar, 1895: 369, 376.

    Syntype; male; 4573dd30-b11c-4b19-86c1-385183e4c943; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Seychelles: Mahé Island

  • Peoedes cruciformis Bolívar, 1895 in Burr, 1899: 92, 295, 296.
  • Euschmidtia cruciformis (Bolívar, 1895) in Gerlach & Haas, 2008: 73.
  • Euschmidtia cruciformis (Bolívar, 1895) in Rowell, 2010: 361.

References (9)

  • Bolívar, I. (1895) Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux îles Séchelles. Orthoptères. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 64, 369–385. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34283#page/379/mode/1up
  • Burr, M. (1899) Essai sur les Eumastacides tribu des Acridiodea. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 28, 75–112, 253–304, 345–350, 3 pls. Available at http://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/spa/Libro.php?Libro=1176
  • Descamps, M. (1964) Révision préliminaire des Euschmidtiinae (Orthoptera - Eumastacidae). Memoirs du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Nouvelle Série. Série A. Zoologie, 30, 1–321. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57453087#page/17/mode/1up
  • Descamps, M. (1973) Diagnoses et signalisations d'Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera). I Afrique. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 35(4), 822–862. [1974]
  • Gerlach, J. & Haas, F. (2008) Orthopteroidea of the Seychelles Islands. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 88 pp.
  • 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.
  • Matyot, P. (1998) The orthopteroids of the Seychelles: a threatened island fauna. Journal of Insect Conservation, 2, 235–246. Available at http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023%2FA%3A1009647930445.pdf
  • Rowell, C.H.F. (2010) On the origins of Madagascan and Seychellian eumastacids. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 19(2), 361–362. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/034.019.0225

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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