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Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775)

Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775): Pl. III, 18. female habitus. (Otu).
Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775): Pl. III, 18. female habitus. (Otu).
Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775): Fig. 1. nymph, points from which fluid exudes indicated. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1504968; cf75f224-3b84-4610-8992-bb81b613b52f: female, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504968; cf75f224-3b84-4610-8992-bb81b613b52f: female, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1504968; cf75f224-3b84-4610-8992-bb81b613b52f: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (43)

  • Gryllus pictus Fabricius, 1775: 289.

    Holotype; female; cf75f224-3b84-4610-8992-bb81b613b52f; deposited at: Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (ZMUC);

  • Gryllus (Locusta) pictus Fabricius, 1775 in Goeze, 1778: 106.
  • Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775) in Sultana, Soomro, Wagan & Panhwar, 2015
  • Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775) in Sultana, Kumar & Soomro, 2017

References (33)

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  • Blanchard, C.É. (1840) Histoire naturelle des Insectes Orthoptères, Névroptères, Hémiptères, Hyménoptères, Lépidoptères et Diptères. In Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. P. Dumenil, Paris. pp. Orthoptères pp. 1–44. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/histoirenaturell00blan
  • de Haan, W. (1842) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Orthoptera. In Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen: Vol. 16/18. In commissie bij S. en J. Luchtmans, en C.C. van der Hoek, Leiden. 45–124, 125–164 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/200624#page/527/mode/1up
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  • Akbar, S.S. & Askari, S.H. (1972) The structure of the female genitalia of Poekilocerus pictus (Fabr.). Pyrgomorphidae: Acridoidea: Orthoptera. Sind University Research Journal (Science Series), 6(2), 31–53.
  • 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
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  • Moizuddin, M. (1987) Aspects of external morphology of Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius) (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) with special reference to its genitalia and their bearing on classification. Proceedings of Pakistan Congress of Zoology, 7, 135–144.
  • Saini, R.S. (1987) Studies on the oenocytes of Poekilocerus pictus (Fbr.) with reference to reproduction. Journal of Advanced Zoology, 8(2), 142–147.
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  • Mahobe, J. (1994) Morphology and histology of male accessory reproductive glands of Poecilocerus pictus Fabr. (Orthoptera: Phygomorphidae). Journal of Entomological Research (New Delhi), 18(2), 163–167.
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf
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  • Kumar, H., Usmani, M.K. & Kumari, R. (2014) Taxonomic significance of male supra-anal plate, cerci and subgenital plate in the classification of Indian Pyrgomorphidae (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphoidea). Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 16(1). Available at http://www.entomol.org/journal/index.php?journal=JERS&page=article&op=viewArticle&path[]=542
  • Sultana, R., Soomro, I., Wagan, M.S. & Panhwar, W.A. (2015) Studies on the reproductive activity of Poekilocerus pictus (Fabricius, 1775) (Pyrgomorphidae: Acridoidea: Orthoptera). Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 47(3), 739–743. Available at http://zsp.com.pk/pdf47/739-743%20%2818%29%20PJZ-1909-14%2015-4-15%20Revised%20MS1.pdf
  • Sultana, R., Kumar, S. & Soomro, I. (2017) Study on morphology and development of egg-pod and eggs of Poekilocerus pictus (Orthoptera: Pyrgomorphidae). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 5(3), 537–540. Available at http://www.entomoljournal.com/archives/2017/vol5issue3/PartH/5-3-4-745.pdf

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