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Loveridgacris impotens (Karsch, 1888)

Loveridgacris impotens (Karsch, 1888): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Loveridgacris impotens (Karsch, 1888): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Loveridgacris impotens (Karsch, 1888): lateral view. (Otu).
Loveridgacris impotens (Karsch, 1888): (Otu).
Loveridgacris impotens (Karsch, 1888): male, lateral view (unspecified type). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1501049; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501049; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501049; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501049; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501049; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56: male, frontal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501049; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56: male, ventral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501049; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56: male, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1501049; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (22)

  • Petasia impotens Karsch, 1888: 360.

    Holotype; male; 37dfa6ea-641d-4280-a4dd-23ad6854ce56; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Usegna (west of Bagamoyo)

  • Parapetasia impotens (Karsch, 1888) in Kirby, 1910: 308.
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  • Loveridgacris impotens (Karsch, 1888) in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 72.
  • Loveridgacris impotens (Karsch, 1888) in Yetchom Fondjo, Husemann, Nzoko Fiemapong, Missoup, Kenne, Tindo, Hawlitschek, Fite, Xu, Zhu & Hemp, 2024: 277.

Nomenclature references (16)

  • 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]
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • Johnsen, P. & Forchhammer, P. (1975) Checklist of the Acridomorpha of Tanzania (Insecta: Orthoptera). Natura Jutlandica, 18, 26–52.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1888) Beiträge zu Bolivar's Monografia de los Pirgomorfinos. Entomologische Nachrichten, 14(21), 328–335, 340–346, 355–361. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/42933
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Knipper, H. (1961) Geradflügler aus Ostafrika (Orthopteroida, Dermapteroida und Blattopteroida). Beiträge zur Entomologie, 11(3-4), 356–413. Available at http://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/index.php/beitraege_entomologie/article/view/506
  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1974) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea). Part V. Tribes Schulthessiini, Taphronotini, Dictyophorini, Tagastini, Pseudomorphacridini, Atractomorphini, Spenariini and Omurini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 48, 203–294, pl. 1–7. [1972] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164750
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1918) Neue Orthopteren aus Afrika und Madagaskar. Arkiv för Zoologi, 12(1), 1–18. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/30230#page/9/mode/1up
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for powerless, possibly relating to lack of hind wings.

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