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Sagittacris malagassa Dirsh, 1963

CollectionObject 1540629; 793aa211-d63a-44ad-baad-7a56702d2ed0: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540629; 793aa211-d63a-44ad-baad-7a56702d2ed0: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540629; 793aa211-d63a-44ad-baad-7a56702d2ed0: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1540629; 793aa211-d63a-44ad-baad-7a56702d2ed0: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (4)

  • Sagittacris malagassus Dirsh, 1963: 83.

    Holotype; male; 793aa211-d63a-44ad-baad-7a56702d2ed0; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Madagascar: Antsiranana: Manambato (Anove)

  • Sagittacris malagassus Dirsh, 1963 in Johnston, 1968: 99.
  • Sagittacris malagassa Dirsh, 1963 in Kevan, 1977: 56.
  • Sagittacris malagassa Dirsh, 1963 in Otte, 1994: 27.

Nomenclature references (4)

  • Dirsh, V.M. (1963) The Acridoidea (Orthoptera) of Madagascar III. Pyrgomorphidae. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 14, 51–103. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19401#page/65/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Reference to distribution in Madagascar.

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