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Pyrgohippus pallidus Dirsh, 1963

CollectionObject 1540556; 3eb54b85-964b-4d3f-b4d6-60626dad7132: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540556; 3eb54b85-964b-4d3f-b4d6-60626dad7132: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540556; 3eb54b85-964b-4d3f-b4d6-60626dad7132: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540556; 3eb54b85-964b-4d3f-b4d6-60626dad7132: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573867; 2fbaeab5-fd2a-4358-b181-fd60987e3481: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573867; 2fbaeab5-fd2a-4358-b181-fd60987e3481: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1573867; 2fbaeab5-fd2a-4358-b181-fd60987e3481: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (3)

  • Pyrgohippus pallidus Dirsh, 1963: 84.

    Holotype; male; 3eb54b85-964b-4d3f-b4d6-60626dad7132; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar: Toamasina: Beheloka

  • Pyrgohippus pallidus Dirsh, 1963 in Johnston, 1968: 125.
  • Pyrgohippus pallidus Dirsh, 1963 in Kevan, 1977: 59.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Alluding to pale coloration.

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