Type

Megalopyrga monochroma Baccetti, 1985 type species by original monotypy of Megalopyrga Baccetti, 1985

Nomenclature (5)

  • Megalopyrga Baccetti, 1985: 265.

    type species by original monotypy Megalopyrga monochroma Baccetti, 1985

  • Megalopyrga Baccetti, 1985 in Otte, 1994: 141.
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  • Megalopyrga Baccetti, 1985 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 80.
  • Megalopyrga Baccetti, 1985 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 29, 158.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Baccetti, B. (1985) Notulae orthopterogicae. 43. Description of some new genera and species of grasshoppers from Somalia. Redia, 68, 216–286.
  • 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.
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  • 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.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) In Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) In Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing. 1266 pp.
Aggregate (Asserted distribution & Georeference)
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial

Gender, form, and etymology
Feminine
Etymology:

Alluding to the large fastigium

Stats

Names
Rank Total Valid Invalid
genus110
species110