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CollectionObject 1518482; 50969521-75f8-414f-9be6-6bd97d5545a0: female, lateral view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518482; 50969521-75f8-414f-9be6-6bd97d5545a0: female, lateral view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518482; 50969521-75f8-414f-9be6-6bd97d5545a0: female, dorsal view (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518482; 50969521-75f8-414f-9be6-6bd97d5545a0: labels (neotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534027; 010c6ecf-2c00-49e4-bd3a-c9683d0a2c20: female, lateral view (holotype of Ochrophlebia proxima). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534027; 010c6ecf-2c00-49e4-bd3a-c9683d0a2c20: female, dorsal view (holotype of Ochrophlebia proxima). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1534027; 010c6ecf-2c00-49e4-bd3a-c9683d0a2c20: labels (holotype of Ochrophlebia proxima). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535551; a3ea9ff4-3362-483f-8f56-b29c0098fbcf: female, lateral view (lectotype of Ochrophlebia serpae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535551; a3ea9ff4-3362-483f-8f56-b29c0098fbcf: female, dorsal view (lectotype of Ochrophlebia serpae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1535551; a3ea9ff4-3362-483f-8f56-b29c0098fbcf: labels (lectotype of Ochrophlebia serpae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578634; 0b73a41d-dee8-44c7-ae27-03f58332b7ab: male, lateral view (paralectotype of Ochrophlebia serpae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578634; 0b73a41d-dee8-44c7-ae27-03f58332b7ab: male, dorsal view (paralectotype of Ochrophlebia serpae). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1578634; 0b73a41d-dee8-44c7-ae27-03f58332b7ab: labels (paralectotype of Ochrophlebia serpae). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (28)

  • Poekilocerus ligneolus Serville, 1838: 602.

    Neotype; female; 50969521-75f8-414f-9be6-6bd97d5545a0; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Western Cape: Cape of Good Hope

  • Acridium (Poecilocera) [sic] ligneolum (Serville, 1838) in Haan, 1842: 142.
  • Ochrophlebia serpae Bolívar, 1884 (subjective synonym of Poekilocerus ligneolus Serville, 1838) in Kevan, 1977: 434.
  • Ochrophlebia cafra ligneola (Serville, 1838) in Kevan, 1977: 434.

References (14)

  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • 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. (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
  • 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
  • Sherborn, C.D. (1927) Index Animalium, 2(14). Available at http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/IndexAnimalium/volumes/PageTurner.cfm?id=sil34_02_14
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) Orthoptera Acridoidea. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 3, pp. 121–272.
  • 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., Akbar, S.S. & Chang, Y.C. (1975) The concealed copulatory structures of the Pyrgomorphidae (Orth.: Acridoidea). Part VI. (Conclusion). Tribes Pyrgomorphini and Chrotogonini. Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 49, 131–218. [1973] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/165215
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1977) Superfamily Acridoidea, fam. Pyrgomorphidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 16, pp. 1–656.

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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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