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Species

Geckomima brevicornis (Walker, 1870)

CollectionObject 1518310; 15db4b4e-b6d9-4a15-984f-8677a9494e07, NHMUK015982248: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518310; 15db4b4e-b6d9-4a15-984f-8677a9494e07, NHMUK015982248: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518310; 15db4b4e-b6d9-4a15-984f-8677a9494e07, NHMUK015982248: Geckomima brevicornis (Walker, 1870). female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518310; 15db4b4e-b6d9-4a15-984f-8677a9494e07, NHMUK015982248: Geckomima brevicornis (Walker, 1870). female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (11)

  • Opomala [sic] brevicornis Walker, 1870: 516.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK015982248; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Western Australia

  • Coryphistes brevicornis (Walker, 1870) in Kirby, 1910: 436.
  • Callitala parvicornis Sjöstedt, 1934 (subjective synonym of Opomala [sic] brevicornis Walker, 1870) in Key & Colless, 1982: 992.
  • Geckomima brevicornis (Walker, 1870) in Key & Colless, 1982: 954.

References (9)

  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • 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
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1934) New Acrididae from North Australia. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 41(33), 521–524. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/177005#page/547/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1952) The Grasshoppers and Locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. I. Families Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae. CSIRO, Melbourne, 1–326 pp.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1973) The primary types of the Australian Eumastacidae (Orthoptera: Eumastacoidea). Australian Journal of Zoology, 19 (Suppl.), 1–40.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1976) A generic and supergeneric classification of the Morabinae (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae), with description of the type species and a bibliography of the subfamily. Australian Journal of Zoology, 37 (Suppl.), 1–185, 318 figs.
  • Key, K.H.L. & Colless, D.H. (1982) The genus Geckomima (Orthoptera: Eumastacidae, Morabinae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 30(6), 931–1026.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1045