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Orthoptera Species File
Species

Macroleptea laevigata (Werner, 1914)

Macroleptea laevigata (Werner, 1914): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Macroleptea laevigata (Werner, 1914): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Macroleptea laevigata (Werner, 1914): female, dorso-lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518481; 9e27142d-e5c8-47ac-a1c5-d36268127e0a: male, lateral view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518481; 9e27142d-e5c8-47ac-a1c5-d36268127e0a: male, dorsal view (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518481; 9e27142d-e5c8-47ac-a1c5-d36268127e0a: labels (paralectotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Pyrgomorpha laevigata Werner, 1914: 399.
  • Pyrgomorpha laevigata Werner, 1914 in Johnston, 1956: 191.
  • Macroleptea laevigata (Werner, 1914) in Fishelson, 1985: 87.
  • Macroleptea laevigata (Werner, 1914) in Otte, 1994: 109.

References (8)

  • Werner, F. (1914) Ergebnisse einer von Prof. F. Werner im Sommer 1910 mit Unterstützung aus dem Legate Wedl ausgeführten zoologischen Forschungsreise nach Algerien. III. Orthopteren. Sitzungsberichte der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse (Abt. 1), 123, 363–404. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35554#page/405/mode/1up
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • 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.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 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.
  • Fishelson, L. (1985) Fauna Palaestina. Insecta. Orthoptera: Acridoidea, 3, 1–240.
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Latin levigātus, referring to the light coloration.

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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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Species1012