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type species by original designation of Pterorthacris Uvarov, 1921

Nomenclature (7)

  • Pterorthacris Uvarov, 1921: 493.

    type species by original designation Pterorthacris subcallosa Uvarov, 1921

  • Pterorthacris Uvarov, 1921 in Kevan, 1969: 360.
  • Pterorthacris Uvarov, 1921 in Zahid, Mariño-Pérez, Amehmood, Muhammad & Song, 2020: 392.
  • Pterorthacris Uvarov, 1921 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 103, 167.

References (7)

  • Uvarov, B.P. (1921) Records and descriptions of Indian Acrididae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7, 480–508. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53357#page/518/mode/1up
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1969) A preliminary revision of the Asiatic Chlorizeinini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 94, 355–378.
  • 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.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Zahid, S., Mariño-Pérez, R., Amehmood, S.A., Muhammad, K. & Song, H. (2020) An illustrated key of Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Caelifera) of the Indian Subcontinent Region. Zootaxa, 4895(3), 381–397.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2023) Pyrgomorphidae Genera of the World: Key to Genera. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Vol. 212, 1–185 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Derived from related genus Orthacris Bolívar, 1884 and alluding to the presence of wings.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species1001