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genus

Xiphipyrgus Kevan, 1982

Type

Xiphipyrgus tunstalli Kevan, 1982 type species by original designation of Xiphipyrgus Kevan, 1982

Nomenclature (5)

  • Xiphipyrgus Kevan, 1982: 89.

    type species by original designation Xiphipyrgus tunstalli Kevan, 1982

  • Xiphipyrgus Kevan, 1982 in Otte, 1994: 141.
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  • Xiphipyrgus Kevan, 1982 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 159.
  • Xiphipyrgus Kevan, 1982 in Mariño-Pérez & Song, 2023: 32, 174.

Nomenclature references (5)

  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1982) A new genus and species of Pyrgomorphidae, Pyrgomorphini (Orthoptera: Acridoidea) from northeastern Africa. Annales Entomologici Fennici, 48(3), 89–96.
  • 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.
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Gender, form, and etymology
Masculine
Etymology:

Derived from Greek ξίφος, a type of sword, probably alluding to elongate body shape, and root of family Pyrgomorphidae.

Xiphipyrgus Kevan, 1982

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