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Orthacris (Pseudorthacris) robusta Kevan, 1953

CollectionObject 1518362; 6ac4d332-9312-46a5-a0c9-d2a0a2b4cab6: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518362; 6ac4d332-9312-46a5-a0c9-d2a0a2b4cab6: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518362; 6ac4d332-9312-46a5-a0c9-d2a0a2b4cab6: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518362; 6ac4d332-9312-46a5-a0c9-d2a0a2b4cab6: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571003; e8552d94-115d-4bef-8c6e-c01a91323006: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571003; e8552d94-115d-4bef-8c6e-c01a91323006: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571003; e8552d94-115d-4bef-8c6e-c01a91323006: female, labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Orthacris robusta Kevan, 1953: 21.

    Holotype; male; 6ac4d332-9312-46a5-a0c9-d2a0a2b4cab6; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: Tamil Nadu: Madras Province, Tinnevelly Hills

  • Orthacris (Pseudorthacris) robusta Kevan, 1953 in Kevan & Singh, 1964: 173.
  • Orthacris (Pseudorthacris) robusta Kevan, 1953 in Centre for Overseas Pest Research, 1982: 28.
  • Orthacris (Pseudorthacris) robusta Kevan, 1953 in Shishodia, Chandra & Gupta, 2010: 127.

References (6)

  • 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. & Singh, A. (1964) Preliminary diagnoses of a new genus and a new subgenus of Orthacridini (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae) from South India. The Entomologist, 97, 173–176.
  • Singh, A. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1965) The genus Orthacris Bolivar, 1884, and its allies (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 117, 367–416.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • For Overseas Pest Research, C. (1982) The Locust and Grasshopper Agricultural Manual. Centre for Overseas Pest Research, London, 690 pp.
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

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