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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Pyrgohippus Dirsh, 1963

Type

type species by original designation of Pyrgohippus Dirsh, 1963

Nomenclature (6)

  • Pyrgohippus Dirsh, 1963: 84.

    type species by original designation Pyrgohippus pallidus Dirsh, 1963

  • Pyrgohippus Dirsh, 1963 in Johnston, 1968: 125.
  • Pyrgohippus Dirsh, 1963 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 601.
  • Pyrgohippus Dirsh, 1963 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 80, 167.

References (6)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1963) The Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Madagascar III. Pyrgomorphidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 14, 51–103. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19401#page/65/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2023) Pyrgomorphidae Genera of the World: Key to Genera. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Vol. 212, 1–185 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 3. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] B Pamphagoidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 241 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:

Derived from Pyrgomorphidae and similar genus Gymnohippus Bruner, 1910

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species2013