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Burmorthacris subaptera Kevan, Singh & Akbar, 1964

CollectionObject 1523753; ca1e5287-ea60-492d-bb08-876ce51a5269: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523753; ca1e5287-ea60-492d-bb08-876ce51a5269: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523753; ca1e5287-ea60-492d-bb08-876ce51a5269: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1523753; ca1e5287-ea60-492d-bb08-876ce51a5269: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568950; e90fe92e-6248-44af-96e5-7dfd7273420c: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568950; e90fe92e-6248-44af-96e5-7dfd7273420c: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1568950; e90fe92e-6248-44af-96e5-7dfd7273420c: female, labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Burmorthacris subaptera Kevan, Singh & Akbar, 1964: 1.

    Holotype; male; ca1e5287-ea60-492d-bb08-876ce51a5269; deposited at: Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (ANSP); Myanmar: Magway: Upper Burma, Yenanyaung

  • Burmorthacris subaptera Kevan, Singh & Akbar, 1964 in Kevan, 1977: 73.
  • Burmorthacris subaptera Kevan, Singh & Akbar, 1964 in Otte, 1994: 20.
  • Burmorthacris subaptera Kevan, Singh & Akbar, 1964 in Sirichantakul, Hmone, Kyaw & Thandar, 2024: 482.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Singh, A. & Akbar, S.S. (1964) A new genus of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from Burma. Notulae Naturae, 363. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=weSi1zTQf_kC
  • 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.
  • Sirichantakul, K., Hmone, Z.W., Kyaw, M.L. & Thandar, C. (2024) Myanmar endemic Burmorthacris subaptera Kevan, Singh et Akbar, 1964 (Pyrgomorphidae: Orthacridini) rediscovered after 85 years. Zootaxa, 5406(3), 481–486. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5406.3.7

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Allusion to the greatly reduced wings.

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