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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Parathericles elephantulus Burr, 1899

Nomenclature (14)

  • Parathericles elephantulus Burr, 1899: 92, 293.

    Holotype; male; 1537dc47-6af3-4bd1-92e5-bc751b46e328; deposited at: Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN); São Tomé

  • Plagiotriptus rotundifrons Burr, 1899: 88, 102, 103.

    Holotype; female; 04cd2f41-8d87-4365-a0c0-9c41dcc3aebf; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Kenya: Mombasa

  • Plagiotriptus rotundifrons Burr, 1899 (subjective synonym of Parathericles elephantulus Burr, 1899) in Descamps, 1977: 92, 93.
  • Brachytypus rotundifrons (Burr, 1899) in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 90.

References (7)

  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1912) Two new species of African Eumastacinae. Entomological News, 23, 262–265. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20184#page/460/mode/1up
  • Burr, M. (1927) São Thomé and Principe. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, 39, 117–120. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95642#page/162/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Descamps, M. (1977) Monographie des Thericleidae (Orthoptera Acridomorpha Eumastacoidea). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 216, 475 pp.
  • Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C.L. & Weaving, A. (2005) Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa, 444 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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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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