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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Omura Walker, 1870

Type

type species by original monotypy of Omura Walker, 1870

Nomenclature (23)

  • Omura Walker, 1870: 503.

    type species by original monotypy Omura congrua Walker, 1870

  • Protomachus Stål, 1876: 53.

    type species by original designation Protomachus depressus Stål, 1876

  • Omura Walker, 1870 in Cadena-Castañeda & Cardona-Granda, 2015: 450.
  • Omura Walker, 1870 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 25, 162.

References (18)

  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Stål, C. (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49926#page/233/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1905) Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). X. Subfam. Atractomorphinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 5, 196–217. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/17794#page/202/mode/1up
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1909) On Brazilian grasshoppers of the subfamilies Pyrgomorphinae and Locustinae (Acridinae of authors). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 36(1661), 109–163. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53526#page/139/mode/1up
  • 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.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1960) Taxonomy and distribution of Atractomorphini and Omurini, trib. nov. (Orth. Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae). The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 96, 204–207.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Banerjee, S.K. (1961) Taxonomy and distribution of Old World Atractomorphini (Orthoptera: Acriddoidea: Pyrgomorphidae). XI Internationaler Kongress für Entomologie. Wien 1960. Verhandlungen, 1, 23–26, 6 figs.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Akbar, S.S. (1964) The Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea), their systematics, tribal divisions and distribution. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1505–1536.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1966) The Pyrgomorphidae of South America (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 92, 557–584.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1978) The American Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina, 36(1-4), 3–28. [1977] Available at http://www.biotaxa.org/RSEA/article/view/41722
  • 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.
  • Carbonell, C.S. (2000) Names of grasshopper genera. Metaleptea, 20(2), 8–10. Available at http://140.247.96.247/orthsoc/pdf/met_20_2.pdf
  • Alves Dos Santos, C.M. (2005) Revisão das espécies sul-americanas de Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera, Acridoidea). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 63(4), 647–668. Available at http://acd.ufrj.br/~museuhp/CP/Arquivos/Arq.2005/Arq.63-4/Arqs%20MN%2063%284%29%20p.647-668%20Claudia.pdf
  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. & Cardona-Granda, J.M. (2015) Introducción a los Saltamontes de Colombia (Orthoptera: Caelifera: Acrididea: Acridomorpha, Tetrigoidea & Tridactyloidea). 1–534 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

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species1023