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Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus morbillosus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Milkweed Locust
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus morbillosus (Linnaeus, 1758): (from the Oxford Digital Library). plate from Westwood. (Otu).
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus morbillosus (Linnaeus, 1758): (from the Oxford Digital Library). plate from Westwood. (Otu).
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus morbillosus (Linnaeus, 1758): lateral view. (Otu).
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus morbillosus (Linnaeus, 1758): dorsal view. (Otu).
Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus morbillosus (Linnaeus, 1758): female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1531108; 5aca752a-2f6d-4d2c-8f5e-af3ead3a4e04: juvenile female, lateral view (lectotype of Dictyophorus papillosus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531108; 5aca752a-2f6d-4d2c-8f5e-af3ead3a4e04: juvenile female, dorsal view (lectotype of Dictyophorus papillosus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1531108; 5aca752a-2f6d-4d2c-8f5e-af3ead3a4e04: juvenile female, labels (lectotype of Dictyophorus papillosus). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (45)

  • Gryllus ruber Linnaeus, 1754: 30, 83.
  • Gryllus ruber Linnaeus, 1754 (nomen oblitum of Gryllus (Locusta) morbillosus Linnaeus, 1758)
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  • Phymateus (Phymateus) morbillosus morbillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Otte, 1994: 89.
  • Phymateus morbillosus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 94.

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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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