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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Desmopterella Ramme, 1941

Type

type species by original designation of Desmopterella Ramme, 1941

Nomenclature (9)

  • Desmopterella Ramme, 1941: 40, 56.

    type species by original designation Desmoptera biroi Bolívar, 1905

  • Desmopterella Ramme, 1941 in Rehn, 1953: 47.
  • Desmopterella Ramme, 1941 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 225.
  • Desmopterella Ramme, 1941 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 119, 133, 141, 154.

References (9)

  • Ramme, W. (1941) Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Acrididen-Fauna des indomalayischen und benachbarter Gebiete (Orth.). Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Tiergeographie von Celebes. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 25, 1–243. [1940]
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1953) Family Acrididae (Subfamily Pyrgomorphinae). In The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia II. CSIRO, Melbourne. 270 pp.
  • Banerjee, S.K. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1960) A preliminary revision of the genus Atractomorpha Saussure, 1862 (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae). Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 25(2), 165–189. Available at http://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/treubia/article/view/2741
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1970) A revision of the Desmopterini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea: Pyrgomorphidae) Part II. Desmopterella Ramme, 1941. Pacific Insects, 12(3), 543–627. Available at http://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/pi/pi12-3.htm
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • 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.
  • 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:

Diminutive of Desmoptera Bolívar, 1884.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species1801634
Subspecies2024