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Orthacris (Orthacris) elongata Kevan, 1953

CollectionObject 1542415; CNMS 5351, 8349593b-cba7-4319-b949-f96f7860a9ab: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542415; CNMS 5351, 8349593b-cba7-4319-b949-f96f7860a9ab: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542415; CNMS 5351, 8349593b-cba7-4319-b949-f96f7860a9ab: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542415; CNMS 5351, 8349593b-cba7-4319-b949-f96f7860a9ab: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542415; CNMS 5351, 8349593b-cba7-4319-b949-f96f7860a9ab: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1542415; CNMS 5351, 8349593b-cba7-4319-b949-f96f7860a9ab: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2057250; 5288eaca-fc9e-4b4f-9fab-135c9363c5fd, CNMS 5353: labels (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2057250; 5288eaca-fc9e-4b4f-9fab-135c9363c5fd, CNMS 5353: female, frontal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2057250; 5288eaca-fc9e-4b4f-9fab-135c9363c5fd, CNMS 5353: (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2057250; 5288eaca-fc9e-4b4f-9fab-135c9363c5fd, CNMS 5353: female, dorsal view (paratype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2057250; 5288eaca-fc9e-4b4f-9fab-135c9363c5fd, CNMS 5353: female, ventral view (paratype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (2)

  • Orthacris elongata Kevan, 1953: 19.

    Holotype; male, adult; CNMS 5351; deposited at: Colombo National Museum (CNMS); Orthacris elongata n. sp. | Type | | Timbolketiya, Ceylon | 25-06-1934 | | Colombo Museum | 5351

  • Orthacris elongata Kevan, 1953 in Kevan, 1977: 76.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

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