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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Modernacris Willemse, 1931

Type

type species by original designation of Modernacris Willemse, 1931

Nomenclature (23)

  • Modernacris Willemse, 1931: 333.

    type species by original designation Modernacris controversa Willemse, 1931

  • Oxytarbaleus Ramme, 1941: 78, 217.

    type species by original designation Oxytarbaleus guentheri Ramme, 1941

  • Oxyarbaleus [sic] Ramme, 1941 (misspelling of Oxytarbaleus Ramme, 1941) in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 486.
  • Modernacris Willemse, 1931 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 131, 160.

References (12)

  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1931) Beschreibung von einigen neuen Acridoidea von den Salomon-Inseln (Subfam. Catantopinae, Orthoptera). Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, 25, 333–337, 345–350.
  • Ramme, W. (1941) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Acrididen-Fauna des indomalayischen und benachbarter Gebiete (Orth.). Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Tiergeographie von Celebes. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 25, 1–243. [1940]
  • Willemse, C.J.M. (1949) Description of a new genus and species of Acrididae (Orthoptera) from the Solomon Islands. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 92, 251–255. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89660#page/281/mode/1up
  • 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]
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1964) Systematic position and synonymy of the genus Modernacris (Orth., Acridoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 40(1-2), 109–115. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/160114
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Akbar, S.S. (1964) The Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), their systematics, tribal divisions and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1505–1536.
  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1981) Notes on some Nereniini (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) from the Solomon Islands and New Guinea. Colemania, 1(1), 1–3.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1034
Species60814