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genus

Megra Campion, 1923

Type

type species of

Nomenclature (16)

  • Brachycercus Willemse, 1922: 718. (homonym)

    type species by original monotypy Brachycercus flavum Willemse, 1922

  • Brachycercus Willemse, 1922 (homonym of Brachycercus Curtis, 1834)
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  • Megra Campion, 1923 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 394.
  • Megra Campion, 1923 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 116, 131, 158.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Campion, H. (1923) On the use of the generic name Brachycercus in Plecoptera and Orthoptera. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 11, 515–518. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107006#page/543/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) The tribe Nereniini: with additions to the Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the South Pacific. Pacific Insects, 8(3), 695–758.
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  • 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. & Chang, Y.C. (1971) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea). Part III. Tribes Chapmanacridini, Ichthiacridini, Ichthyotettigini, Orthacridini, Popoviini and Nereniini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 46, 123–208, 222–223. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164438
  • 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.
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1922) Résultats de l'expédition scientifique neerlandaise à la Nouvelle-Guinée en 1912-1913. Orthoptera Fam. Acridodea. Nova Guinea, 13, Zool. 5, 702–722.
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1955) Synopsis of the Acridoidea of the Indo-Malayan and adjacent regions (Insecta, Orthoptera). Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 8, 3–225. [1956]
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1957) Synopsis of the Acridoidea of the Indo-Malayan and adjacent regions (Insecta, Orthoptera) (contd.). Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 10, 227–500.
  • 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.

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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
genus1012
species2024