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genus

Loveridgacris Rehn, 1954

Type

Petasia impotens Karsch, 1888 type species of Loveridgacris Rehn, 1954

Nomenclature (18)

  • Parapetasia (Loveridgea) Rehn, 1953: 120, 124. (homonym)

    type species by original designation Petasia impotens Karsch, 1888

  • Parapetasia (Loveridgea) Rehn, 1953 (homonym of Loveridgea Vanezolini, 1951)
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  • Loveridgacris Rehn, 1954 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 30, 157.
  • Loveridgacris Rehn, 1954 in Yetchom Fondjo, Husemann, Nzoko Fiemapong, Missoup, Kenne, Tindo, Hawlitschek, Fite, Xu, Zhu & Hemp, 2024: 277.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Akbar, S.S. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1964) Two subgenera of Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea) raised to generic status on the basis of their phallic structures. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 99, 90–95. [1963]
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1962) Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) collected in Africa by E. S. Ross and R. E. Leech, 1957-1958, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 31, 227–248. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53423#page/239/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1953) Records and descriptions of Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera: Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 79(3), 99–150.
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1954) Replacement of a preoccupied generic name (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Entomological News, 65(5), 128. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/20192#page/474/mode/1up
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.
  • Yetchom Fondjo, J.A., Husemann, M., Nzoko Fiemapong, A.R., Missoup, A.D., Kenne, M., Tindo, M., Hawlitschek, O., Fite, T., Xu, S.-Q., Zhu, W. & Hemp, C. (2024) Integrative taxonomic revision of the grasshopper genera Parapetasia Bolívar, 1884, and Loveridgacris Rehn, 1954 (Orthoptera, Pyrgomorphidae), with description of a new species of Loveridgacris. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 71(2), 265–287. https://doi.org/10.3897/dez.71.125877
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Ferived from replaced name Loveridgea Rehn, 1953, and ᾰ̓κρῐ́ς, the greek name for grasshopper. Dedicated to the author's friend Arthur Loveridge.

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