genus
Afromastax Descamps, 1977
Type
Thericles zebra Gerstaecker, 1889 type species by original designation of Afromastax Descamps, 1977
Nomenclature (5)
- Afromastax Descamps, 1973: 234. (nomen nudum)
- Afromastax Descamps, 1973 (unavailable or invalid, linked to Afromastax Descamps, 1977)
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- Afromastax Descamps, 1977 in Otte, 1994: 89.
- Afromastax Descamps, 1977 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 776.
Nomenclature references (4)
- Descamps, M. (1973) Révision des Eumastacoidea (Orthoptera) aux échelons des familles et des sous-familles (genitalia, répartition, phylogénie). Acrida, 2, 161–298.
- Descamps, M. (1977) Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 216, 475 pp.
- 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.
Descendants and synonyms
Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:
Reference to African distribution and μάσταξ = locust.
Stats
| Taxon | Valid names | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Extant | Fossil | Invalid | Total |
| genus | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| species | 21 | 0 | 5 | 26 |
| subspecies | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |