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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).

Type specimen

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

Nomenclature (43)

  • Gryllus pictus Fabricius, 1775: 289.

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

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

Nomenclature references (33)

  • 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.
  • 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
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  • Bolívar, I. (1884) Monografía de los pirgomorfinos. Anales de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural, 13, 1–73, 418–500. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54702#page/9/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1902) Les Orthoptères de St. Joseph's College, à Trichinopoly (Sud de l'Inde). 3me partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 70, 580–635, pl. 9. [1901] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38238#page/596/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Borkhausen, M.B. (1802) Epit. ent. Linne, London, 2.
  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up
  • Delvi, M.R. & Pandian, T.J. (1979) Ecological energetics of the grasshopper Poecilocerus pictus in Bangalore fields. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, (B)88(1)(4), 241–256.
  • Fabricius, J.C. (1775) In Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Flensburgi et Lipsiae, in officina libraria Kortii. 832 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/82400
  • Goeze, J.A.E. (1778) In Entomologische Beyträge zu des Ritter Linné zwölften Ausgabe des Natursystems. Weidmanns Erben & Reich, Leipzig. Vol. 2. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/78667
  • Hingston, R.W.G. (1927) The liquid-squirting habit of oriental grasshoppers. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 75, 65–68, 1 pl.
  • 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
  • Kim, T.-W. & Pham, H.-T. (2014) Checklist of Vietnamese Orthoptera (Saltatoria). Zootaxa, 3811(1), 53–82.
  • 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
  • Kirby, W.F. (1914) In Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Orthoptera (Acrididae). London. 276 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/orthopteraacridi00kirbiala
  • 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
  • Livingstone, D. & Pugalenthi, P. (1992) Biology of Poecilocerus pictus Fabr. (Orthoptera: Pygomorphidae) on the basis of its nutritional ecology. Journal of Entomological Research (New Delhi), 16(4), 267–272.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Olivier, G.-A. (1791) Histoire Naturelle. Insectes. In Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes. Paris. Vol. 6. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=8IIPAAAAQAAJ
  • Saini, R.S. (1987) Studies on the oenocytes of Poekilocerus pictus (Fbr.) with reference to reproduction. Journal of Advanced Zoology, 8(2), 142–147.
  • Serville, J.G.A. (1831) Revue méthodique des insectes de l'ordre des Orthoptères. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, 22(86), 28–65, 134–167, 262–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29456
  • Sherborn, C.D. (1930) Index Animalium, 2(24).
  • 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
  • Shumakov, E.M. (1963) Les acridiens et les autres orthoptères de l'Afghanistan et de l'Iran. Trudy Vsesoyeiznogo Entomologicheskojo Obshchestva, Moskva [= Horae Societatis Entomologicae Unionis Soveticae], 49, 3–248. [in Russian]
  • Singh, M. (1940) New food-plants of Poecilocerus pictus Fabr. among cultivated crops. Indian Journal of Entomology, 2(2), 255.
  • Singh-Pruthi, H. & Nigam, L.N. (1939) The bionomics, life-history and control of the grasshopper Poecilocerus pictus (Fab.). A new pest of cultivated crops in North India. Indian J. agric. Sci., New Delhi, 9(4), 629–641, 2 pls.
  • Singh-Pruthi, H. (1954) The 'Ak' Grasshopper, Poecilocerus pictus (Fabr.) (Acrididae) attacking citrus in Delhi. Indian Journal of Entomology, 16(2), 196.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wasti, S.S. & Akbar, S.S. (1970) The phallic complex of Poekilocerus pictus (Fabr.) (Pyrgomorphidae; Acridoidae; Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society, 20(3).
  • 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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