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Caprorhinus rostratus Uvarov, 1929

Caprorhinus rostratus Uvarov, 1929: R. male head and end of abdomen, dorsal view. (Otu).
Caprorhinus rostratus Uvarov, 1929: R. male head and end of abdomen, dorsal view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518352; 8f342075-ef07-4f8e-a59b-dc9190c24f92: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518352; 8f342075-ef07-4f8e-a59b-dc9190c24f92: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518352; 8f342075-ef07-4f8e-a59b-dc9190c24f92: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (7)

  • Caprorhinus rostratus Uvarov, 1929: 286.

    Holotype; male; 8f342075-ef07-4f8e-a59b-dc9190c24f92; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Madagascar: Toliary: Tuléar [Toliara]

  • Caprorhinus rostratus Uvarov, 1929 in Johnston, 1956: 200.
  • Caprorhinus rostratus Uvarov, 1929 in Wintrebert, 1972: 9.
  • Caprorhinus rostratus Uvarov, 1929 in Kevan, 1977: 91.

References (7)

  • Uvarov, B.P. (1929) Three new grasshoppers of the genus Caprorhinus Saussure from Madgascar (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 4, 284–287.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Wintrebert, D. (1972) Nouvelles contributions à l'étude des Acridoidea malgaches (Orthoptera). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 198, 1–129.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.

Descendants and synonyms

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