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Physemophorus sokotranus (Burr, 1898)

Physemophorus sokotranus (Burr, 1898): male in habitat (Wadi Zerik, Socotra, Yemen). (Otu).
Physemophorus sokotranus (Burr, 1898): male in habitat (Wadi Zerik, Socotra, Yemen). (Otu).
Physemophorus sokotranus (Burr, 1898): male in habitat (Wadi Zerik, Socotra, Yemen). (Otu).
Physemophorus sokotranus (Burr, 1898): male asleep in a bush (Wadi Ayhaft, Socotra, Yemen). (Otu).

Nomenclature (15)

  • Poecilocerus [sic] sokotranus Burr, 1898: 384. (valid)

    Syntypes (n= 2); female; 405be268-ac79-46d9-88a4-9b9681732b7d; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Socotra

  • Poecilocerus [sic] socotranus Burr, 1898 in Krauss, 1900: 155.
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  • Physemophorus sokotranus (Burr, 1898) in Felix, Bouwman, Odé, Ketelaar, Pham & Bailey, 2025: 95.
  • Physemophorus socotranus [sic] Burr, 1898 (misspelling of Poecilocerus [sic] sokotranus Burr, 1898)

Nomenclature references (14)

  • Beier, M. (1937) Eine neue Wehrdrüse bei saltatoren Orthopteren (vorläufige Mitteilung). C. R. 12 Congr. Int. Zool. Lisbonne, 2.
  • 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
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  • Burr, M. (1898) Insects and Arachnids from Socotra. II. Orthoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1898, 384–385. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97095#page/480/mode/1up
  • Burr, M. (1903) Earwigs, crickets and grasshoppers. In Natural history of Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri. Bulletin of the Liverpool Museums (Special Bulletin). 409–427 pp.
  • Felix, R., Bouwman, J., Odé, B., Ketelaar, R., Pham, D.M. & Bailey, J. (2025) The grasshoppers and crickets (Orthoptera) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): a comprehensive overview and a description of a new Oecanthus Tree Cricket (Oecanthidae). Contributions to Entomology, 75(1), 21–166. https://doi.org/10.3897/contrib.entomol.75.e144389
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Krauss, H.A. (1900) Über ein eigenthümliches Organ bei der Feldheuschrecke Poecilocerus socotranus Burr. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 23, 155–157. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/97248#page/183/mode/1up
  • Krauss, H.A. (1907) Orthopteren aus Südarabien und von der Insel Sokotra. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 71(2), 1–30.
  • 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.
  • Uvarov, B.P. & Popov, G.B. (1957) The saltatorial Orthoptera of Socotra. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 43, 359–389.
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1966) In Grasshoppers and Locusts. A Handbook of General Acridology. Cambridge University Press, London. Vol. 1, 481 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after type locality Socotra.

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