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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Macroleptea Kevan, 1962

Type

Pyrgomorpha laevigata Werner, 1914 type species by original designation of Macroleptea Kevan, 1962

Nomenclature (7)

  • Macroleptea Kevan, 1962: 117.

    type species by original designation Pyrgomorpha laevigata Werner, 1914

  • Macroleptea Kevan, 1962 in Johnston, 1968: 117.
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  • Macroleptea Kevan, 1962 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 384.
  • Macroleptea Kevan, 1962 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 50, 99, 158.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Fishelson, L. (1985) Fauna Palaestina. Insecta. Orthoptera: Acridoidea, 3, 1–240.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
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  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1962) A revision of the tribe Pygomorphini, other than Pyrgomorpha and the flightless genera (Orthoptera: Acridoidea, Pyrgomorphidae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola, 60, 113–161.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.
  • Mariño-Pérez, R. & Song, H. (2023) Pyrgomorphidae Genera of the World: Key to Genera. Miscellaneous Publications Museum of Zoology University of Michigan, Vol. 212, 1–185 pp.
  • 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.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Derived from Leptea Bolívar, 1904 and alluding to the long wings.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species1012