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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Marsabitacris Kevan, 1957

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (6)

  • Marsabitacris Kevan, 1957: 198.

    type species by original designation Marsabitacris citronotus Kevan, 1957

  • Marsabitacris Kevan, 1957 in Johnston, 1968: 104.
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  • Marsabitacris Kevan, 1957 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 74.
  • Marsabitacris Kevan, 1957 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 31, 158.

Nomenclature references (6)

  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1957) Orthoptera-Caelifera from northern Kenya and Jubaland. II. Pamphagidae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae and Romaleinae. Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 22, 193–208.
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • 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.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Mount Marsabit where the only specis was found and Greek ἀκρίς (grasshopper).

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species1012