Type

Mesops pedestris Erichson, 1842 type species by subsequent designation of Psednura Burr, 1904

Nomenclature (20)

  • Psednura Burr, 1904: 22. (valid)

    type species by subsequent designation Mesops pedestris Erichson, 1842 in Kirby, 1910

  • Psednura Burr, 1904 in Kirby, 1910: 101.
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  • Psednura Burr, 1904 in Otte, 1994: 25.
  • Psednura Burr, 1904 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 827.

Nomenclature references (15)

  • Burr, M. (1904) Orthoptera Fam. Eumastacidae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. 1–23, pl 1. [1903] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105399#page/13/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
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  • Key, K.H.L. (1937) New Acrididae from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum, 32, 135–167, 5 pls. 2 figs.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1959) The ecology and biogeography of Australian grasshoppers and locusts. Biogeography & Ecology Australia, 192–210.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1970) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, locusts, crickets). In The Insects of Australia. CSIRO, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne. 323–347.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1972) A revision of the Psednurini (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 14(Suppl.), 1–72, 61 figs.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • 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.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1948) The Acridoid family Eumastacidae (Orthoptera). A review of our knowledge of its components, features and systematics, with a suggested new classification of its major groups. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 100, 77–139. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=w4Y4UsJXKHwC
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1953) Family Acrididae (Subfamily Pyrgomorphinae). In The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia II. CSIRO, Melbourne. 270 pp.
  • Sharman, G.B. (1952) The cytology of Tasmanian short-horned grasshoppers (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 86, 107–122. Available at http://eprints.utas.edu.au/13832/1/1952_Sharman_Cytology_short-horned_Grasshoppers.pdf
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 1266 pp.
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Descendants and synonyms

Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Feminine
Etymology:

From Greek ψεδνός, thin or scanty, and οὐρά, tail, alluding to thin and elongate body.

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species936