genus

Proscopia Klug, 1820

Type

type species by subsequent designation of Proscopia Klug, 1820

Nomenclature (26)

Proscopia Klug, 1820: 17.
type species by subsequent designation Proscopia gigantea Klug, 1820 in Guérin-Méneville, 1828
Proscopia Klug, 1820 in Berthold, 1827: 411.
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Proscopia Klug, 1820 in Queiroz, Rafael & Heleodoro, 2026: 106.
Carbonellis Bentos-Pereira, 2006 (subjective synonym of Proscopia Klug, 1820) in Queiroz, Rafael & Heleodoro, 2026: 26, 110.

Nomenclature references (20)

Bentos-Pereira, A. (2006) Proscopia Klug 1820 and the status of Taxiarchus Brunner von Wattenwyl 1890 (Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea, Proscopiidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 79–90. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B79%3APKATSO%5D2.0.CO%3B2
Bentos-Pereira, A. (2006) The tribe Proscopiini, nov. (Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea, Proscopiidae). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(2), 143–148. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B143%3ATTPNOE%5D2.0.CO%3B2
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Bentos-Pereira, A. (2006) Three new genera of Proscopiidae (Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(2), 117–141. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467%282006%2915%5B117%3ATNGOPO%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Bentos-Pereira, A., Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) In Familia Proscopiidae. In Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). pp. 95–141.

Berthold (1827) Latreille's Natürliche Familien des Thierreichs, aus dem Französischen mit Anmerkungen und Zusätzen. Weimar, VIII + 602 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/44021#page/7/mode/1up

Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1890) Monographie der Proscopiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 40, 87–124. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47786#page/205/mode/1up

Carbonell, C.S. (1977) Superfamily Proscopioidea, fam. Proscopiidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 17, pp. 1–29.

de Mello-Leitão, C. (1939) Estudio monográfico de los Proscopidos. Revista del Museo del La Plata, Sección Zoología, 1(8), 279–448. Available at http://publicaciones.fcnym.unlp.edu.ar/rmlp/article/view/1588

de Queiroz, L.L., Rafael, J.A. & Heleodoro, R.A. (2026) Systematics of Proscopiini Serville, 1838 (Orthoptera: Proscopiidae: Proscopiinae), with description of four new genera. Zootaxa, 5855(1), 1–141. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5855.1.1

Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1828) Dict. Classique Hist. Nat., 14.

Hebard, M. (1924) Studies in the Acrididae of Panama (Orth.). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 50(2), 75–140. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4260_002#page/3/mode/1up

Hemming, F. (1943) On certain minor corrections made in the report submitted by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature to the Twelfth International Congress of Zoology, Lisbon, September 1935. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 1, 64–69. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43924#page/200/mode/1up

International Commission On Zoological Nomenclature, I.C.Z.N. (1943) Orthoptera: Twenty-two generic names placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 17–19. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43924#page/153/mode/1up

Jago, N.D. (1990) The genera of the Central and South American grasshopper family Proscopiidae (Orthoptera: Acridomorpha). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 65(1), 249–307. [1989] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/172714

Kirby, W.F. (1890) On the employment of names proposed for genera of Orthoptera, previous to 1840. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 556–597. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95855#page/572/mode/1up

Klug, J.C.F. (1820) Proscopia, novum genus insectorum orthopterorum. In Horae physicae Berolinenses. 15–26 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42876#page/26/mode/1up

Liana, A. (1972) Études sur les Proscopiidae (Orthoptera). Annales Zoologici, Warszaw, 29(13), 381–459. Available at http://rcin.org.pl/dlibra/publication/2352/edition/46224/content?ref=struct

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.

Roberts, H.R. (1941) Nomenclature in the Orthoptera concerning genotype designations. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 67, 1–34. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4277_001#page/3/mode/1up
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:

From Latin pro = before, in front of, and Greek σκοπός = watcher or lookout, relating to the eyes positioned high on the elongated head.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
genus	1	0	2	3
species	23	0	18	41