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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Pterorthacris Uvarov, 1921

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (7)

  • Pterorthacris Uvarov, 1921: 493.

    type species by original designation Pterorthacris subcallosa Uvarov, 1921

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

Nomenclature references (7)

  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

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

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