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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Caprorhinus fusiformis Saussure, 1899

CollectionObject 1540607; 1565bf4c-fb6c-4f8e-9a08-dfddf9e30266: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540607; 1565bf4c-fb6c-4f8e-9a08-dfddf9e30266: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540607; 1565bf4c-fb6c-4f8e-9a08-dfddf9e30266: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540607; 1565bf4c-fb6c-4f8e-9a08-dfddf9e30266: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Caprorhinus fusiformis Saussure, 1899: 642.

    Holotype; male; 1565bf4c-fb6c-4f8e-9a08-dfddf9e30266; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar

  • Caprorhinus fusiformis Saussure, 1899 in Kirby, 1910: 337.
  • Caprorhinus fusiformis Saussure, 1899 in Kevan, 1977: 89.
  • Caprorhinus fusiformis Saussure, 1899 in Hollier, 2013: 210.

References (9)

  • 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
  • Hollier, J.A. (2013) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève. Part 4: The Acridomorpha excluding the superfamily Acridoidea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 120(2), 203–219. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/203304#page/33/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1963) Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) described by Lawrence Bruner from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B), 32, 145–152.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1899) Orthoptera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagaskar und Ostafrika in den Jahren 1889-95 von Dr. A. Voeltzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21, 567–664. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85045#page/613/mode/1up
  • Wintrebert, D. (1972) Nouvelles contributions à l'étude des Acridoidea malgaches (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 198, 1–129.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Fusiform, spindle-shaped.

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