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Nilgiracris raoi (Kevan, 1953)

CollectionObject 1518365; c8ac98c2-bfd1-4ff4-8a9f-7b36a5c5ad9d: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518365; c8ac98c2-bfd1-4ff4-8a9f-7b36a5c5ad9d: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518365; c8ac98c2-bfd1-4ff4-8a9f-7b36a5c5ad9d: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518365; c8ac98c2-bfd1-4ff4-8a9f-7b36a5c5ad9d: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571000; 60e15943-9e84-4133-b8b9-391bb8d3901f: female, lateral view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571000; 60e15943-9e84-4133-b8b9-391bb8d3901f: female, dorsal view (allotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1571000; 60e15943-9e84-4133-b8b9-391bb8d3901f: labels (allotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (5)

  • Ramakrishnaia raoi Kevan, 1953: 269.

    Holotype; male; c8ac98c2-bfd1-4ff4-8a9f-7b36a5c5ad9d; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: Tamil Nadu: W Madras, Nilgiri Hills

  • Nilgiracris raoi (Kevan, 1953) in Kevan, 1964: 1504.
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  • Nilgiracris raoi (Kevan, 1953) in Otte, 1994: 23.
  • Nilgiracris raoi (Kevan, 1953) in Shishodia, Chandra & Gupta, 2010: 127.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1953) A new species of Ramakrishanaia I. Bol. from the Nilgiris (Orthoptera, Acrididae). Indian Journal of Entomology, 14(3), 269–272. [1952]
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1964) A new species of Ramakrishnaia Bolivar, 1918 from South India, and a related new genus (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). The Canadian Entomologist, 96, 1497–1504.
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • 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.
  • 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

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the collector of the specimens Y. R. Rao.

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