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Orthacris (Orthacris) ceylonica (Kirby, 1914)

CollectionObject 1518358; 30e4bf80-ba87-4333-b079-a5dcf3de7fb7: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518358; 30e4bf80-ba87-4333-b079-a5dcf3de7fb7: male, lateral view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518358; 30e4bf80-ba87-4333-b079-a5dcf3de7fb7: male, dorsal view (lectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518358; 30e4bf80-ba87-4333-b079-a5dcf3de7fb7: male, labels (lectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Wacata ceylonica Kirby, 1914: 220.
  • Wacata ceylonica Kirby, 1914 in Bolívar, 1917: 23.
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  • Orthacris (Orthacris) ceylonica (Kirby, 1914) in Kevan, 1977: 76.
  • Orthacris ceylonica (Kirby, 1914) in Centre for Overseas Pest Research, 1982: 28.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Bolívar, I. (1917) Contribución al conocimiento de la fauna índica. Orthoptera (Locustidae vel Acridiidae). Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, 16, 278–289, 374–412. [1918] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96088#page/306/mode/1up
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1953) The Ceylonese species of Orthacris I. Bolivar, 1884 (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Pyrgomorphinae). Spolia Zeylanica, 27, 17–34.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London, 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala

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