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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Pseudosphena Kevan & Akbar, 1964

Type

type species by original designation of Pseudosphena Kevan & Akbar, 1964

Nomenclature (6)

  • Pseudosphena Kevan & Akbar, 1964: 1524, 1529.

    type species by original designation Parasphena dispar Dirsh, 1963

  • Pseudosphena Kevan & Akbar, 1964 in Johnston, 1968: 103.
  • Pseudosphena Kevan & Akbar, 1964 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 588.
  • Pseudosphena Kevan & Akbar, 1964 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 80, 167.

References (6)

  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Parasphena Bolívar, 1884.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species1012