Orthoptera Species FileOrthoptera Species File

species

Petasida ephippigera White, 1845

Leichhardt's Grasshopper

CollectionObject 1518442; 63dce757-be83-4d40-8ac0-fa3b2fd6e8fb: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518442; 63dce757-be83-4d40-8ac0-fa3b2fd6e8fb: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518442; 63dce757-be83-4d40-8ac0-fa3b2fd6e8fb: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518442; 63dce757-be83-4d40-8ac0-fa3b2fd6e8fb: female, labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Holotype; female; 63dce757-be83-4d40-8ac0-fa3b2fd6e8fb; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Northern Territory: Victoria River

Nomenclature (18)

  • Petasida ephippigera White, 1845: 432.

    Holotype; female; 63dce757-be83-4d40-8ac0-fa3b2fd6e8fb; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Australia: Northern Territory: Victoria River

  • Petasida ephippigera White, 1845 in White, 1847
  • ... Show all ... (14)
  • Petasida ephippigera White, 1845 in Rentz, Lewis, Su & Upton, 2003: 36.
  • Petasida ephippigera White, 1845 in Holbery, 2011

Nomenclature references (18)

  • Bolívar, I. (1904) Notas sobre los pirgomórfidos (Pyrgomorphidae). VI. Poecilocerinae. VII. Pyrgomorphinae. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 4, 432–459. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28617#page/456/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1909) Orthoptera Fam. Acrididae. Subfam. Pyrgomorphinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 90, 1–58 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138363#page/7/mode/1up
  • ... Show all ... (14)
  • Calaby, J.H. & Key, K.H.L. (1973) Rediscovery of the spectacular Australian grasshopper Petasida ephippigera White (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society, 12, 161–164.
  • Holbery, P. (2011) Waiting for the wet: out-of-season records for adult Leichhardt's Grasshopper Petasida ephippigera (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Northern Territory Naturalist, 23, 59–62.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1975) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth. Acridoidea). Supplement (including illustrations of some previously unfigured types). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 50(1-4), 69–83. [1974] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/165490
  • 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. (1972) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth.: Acridoidea) Part IV. Tribes Desmopterini, Monistriini, Chlorizeinini, Peokilocerini and Phymateini. Eos, Revista Española de Entomología, 47, 137–234. [1971] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/164654
  • Key, K.H.L. (1969) The primary types of the Australian Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Australian Journal of Zoology, 17, 353–414.
  • Key, K.H.L. (1986) A provisional synonomic list of the Australian Acridoidea (Orthoptera). CSIRO Division of Entomology Technical Paper, 24, 1–47.
  • 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
  • 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) Family Acrididae (Subfamily Pyrgomorphinae). In The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia II. CSIRO, Melbourne. 270 pp.
  • Rentz, D.C.F. (1996) Grasshopper Country. The Abundant Orthopteroid Insects of Australia. CSIRO, UNSW Press, Sydney, i-xi, 1–284.
  • Rentz, D.C.F., Lewis, R.C., Su, Y.N. & Upton, M.S. (2003) In A Guide to Australian Grasshoppers and Locusts. Natural History Publications (Borneo) Sdn. Bhd., Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. v-ix, 1–419.
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1921) Acridiodea Australica. Monographie der bisher von Australien bekannten Heuschrecken mit kurzen Fühlern. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 62(3), 1–318. Available at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60366953#page/1/mode/1up
  • Sjöstedt, Y. (1936) Revision der Australischen Acridiodeen. 2. Monographie. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 15(2), 191 pp. [1935]
  • White, A. (1845) Description and figures of four new species of Australian insects. Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia [E.J. Eyre], 1, 432–434 (Appendix D).
  • White, A. (1847) Note on Petasia ephippigera, a grasshopper found in the interiour of the northern part of Australia by Mr. Dring and Dr. Leichardt. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 20, 409–411. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/19465#page/471/mode/1up
© Basemap from GBIF

Descendants and synonyms

No records found.
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
species110