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genus

Parapetasia Bolívar, 1884

Type

type species by original monotypy of

Nomenclature (14)

  • Parapetasia Bolívar, 1884: 484. (valid)

    type species by original monotypy Parapetasia femorata Bolívar, 1884

  • Parapetasia Bolívar, 1884 in Rehn, 1953: 120.
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  • Parapetasia Bolívar, 1884 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 30, 162.
  • Parapetasia Bolívar, 1884 in Yetchom Fondjo, Husemann, Nzoko Fiemapong, Missoup, Kenne, Tindo, Hawlitschek, Fite, Xu, Zhu & Hemp, 2024: 268.

Nomenclature references (13)

  • 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]
  • Bolívar, I. (1884) Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 13, 1–73, 418–500. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54702#page/9/mode/1up
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  • Dirsh, V.M. (1975) Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects. E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon, 1–171 pp.
  • Jago, N.D. (1964) Aspects of the ecology and distribution of grasshoppers in Ghana as a contribution to the zoogeography of West Africa. Journal of the West Africa Science Association, 8(2), 190–204.
  • Johnsen, P. & Forchhammer, P. (1975) Checklist of the Acridomorpha of Tanzania (Insecta: Orthoptera). Natura Jutlandica, 18, 26–52.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In 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.
  • 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.
  • 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) 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:

Derived from Petasia Serville, 1831.

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
genus1023
species2046