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CollectionObject 1523719; 519b435f-35b2-46fc-a51c-912d11ca2028: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523719; 519b435f-35b2-46fc-a51c-912d11ca2028: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523719; 519b435f-35b2-46fc-a51c-912d11ca2028: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523719; 519b435f-35b2-46fc-a51c-912d11ca2028: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568967; 4c000d23-215a-48cb-b828-be3400c37603: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568967; 4c000d23-215a-48cb-b828-be3400c37603: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568967; 4c000d23-215a-48cb-b828-be3400c37603: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Malagasphena minor Kevan, Akbar & Singh, 1964: 111-29.

    Holotype; male; 519b435f-35b2-46fc-a51c-912d11ca2028; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Madagascar: Sianga Forest

  • Malagasphena minor Kevan, Akbar & Singh, 1964 in Johnston, 1968: 87.
  • Malagasphena minor Kevan, Akbar & Singh, 1964 in Kevan, 1977: 61.
  • Malagasphena minor Kevan, Akbar & Singh, 1964 in Otte, 1994: 9.

References (4)

  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Singh, A. (1964) A new genus and two new species of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from Madagascar, with notes on the genus Geloius Saussure. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 90, 111–129.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Alluding to to small size.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001