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Modernacris controversa Willemse, 1931

Nomenclature (7)

  • Modernacris controversa Willemse, 1931: 334.

    Holotype; female; 1695ad75-f55a-4479-8c43-d1a52d538684; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMBA); Solomon Is.: New Georgia Group, Batuna

  • Modernacris controversa Willemse, 1931 in Dirsh, 1964: 111.
  • Modernacris controversa controversa Willemse, 1931 in Kevan, 1968: 159.
  • Modernacris controversa Willemse, 1931 in Kevan, 1977: 108.

References (6)

  • 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.
  • 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. (1966) The tribe Nereniini: with additions to the Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the South Pacific. Pacific Insects, 8(3), 695–758.
  • Willemse, F.M.H. (1966) List of new taxa of Orthoptera described by C. Willemse. Publicaties van het natuurhistorisch Genootschap in Limburg, 16, 31–42.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1968) Some new and little known species of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from the pacific and Far East. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 37, 156–162.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.

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