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Proscopia gigantea Klug, 1820

CollectionObject 1500894; dcb9b032-1bc7-4576-b249-04d1728e0000: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500894; dcb9b032-1bc7-4576-b249-04d1728e0000: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500894; dcb9b032-1bc7-4576-b249-04d1728e0000: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500894; dcb9b032-1bc7-4576-b249-04d1728e0000: female, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500894; dcb9b032-1bc7-4576-b249-04d1728e0000: female, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500894; dcb9b032-1bc7-4576-b249-04d1728e0000: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500897; 7d68962c-a7c2-4c4b-8066-7843d0daf70d: male, dorsal view (syntype of Proscopia oculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500897; 7d68962c-a7c2-4c4b-8066-7843d0daf70d: male, ventral view (syntype of Proscopia oculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500897; 7d68962c-a7c2-4c4b-8066-7843d0daf70d: male, ventral view of head (syntype of Proscopia oculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500897; 7d68962c-a7c2-4c4b-8066-7843d0daf70d: labels (syntype of Proscopia oculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501874; a85ece89-0f77-49f1-a478-cee578ecbfa6: male, dorsal view (syntype of Proscopia oculata). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501874; a85ece89-0f77-49f1-a478-cee578ecbfa6: labels (syntype of Proscopia oculata). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (20)

  • Proscopia gigantea Klug, 1820: 18.

    Holotype; female; dcb9b032-1bc7-4576-b249-04d1728e0000; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Brazil: Pará

  • Proscopia oculata Klug, 1820: 26.

    Syntype; male; 7d68962c-a7c2-4c4b-8066-7843d0daf70d; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Brazil: Pará. Syntype; male; a85ece89-0f77-49f1-a478-cee578ecbfa6; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Brazil: Pará

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  • Proscopia gigantea Klug, 1820 in Bentos-Pereira, 2006: 80.
  • Proscopia gigantea Klug, 1820 in Queiroz, Rafael & Heleodoro, 2026: 114.

Nomenclature references (14)

  • 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
  • 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
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  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/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
  • Delfosse, E. (2003) Généralités sur les Proscopiides et contribution à la connaissance de deux Criquets-bâtons nommés « Proscopia scabra Klug, 1820 » et « Prosarthria teretrirostris Brunner, 1890 » (Insecta Orthopteroidea Orthoptera Caelifera Proscopioidea Proscopiidae Proscopiinae). Bulletin de Phyllie, 15, 9–19.
  • Hebard, M. (1924) Studies in the Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Ecuador. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 76, 109–248.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Latreille, P.A., Saint-Fargeau, Serville, J.G.A. & Guérin-Méneville, F.E. (1825) In Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes. Paris. Vol. 10, 832 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78665#page/5/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Piza, S.de T., Jr. & Wiendl, F.M. (1969) Dois novos Proscopidas de Mato Grosso. Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), 44(2-3), 59–61. Available at http://www.revistadeagricultura.org.br/index.php/revistadeagricultura/article/view/1987
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1831) Revue méthodique des insectes de l'ordre des Orthoptères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 22(86), 28–65, 134–167, 262–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29456

Descendants and synonyms

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Etymology:

Allusion to large size of the female specimen.

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