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Orthoptera Species File
Family

Pneumoridae Thunberg, 1810

bladder grasshoppers

Type

type genus of Pneumoridae Thunberg, 1810

Nomenclature (32)

  • Pneumoridae Thunberg, 1810

    type genus Pneumora Thunberg, 1775

  • Pneumorinae Thunberg, 1810 (not Latin)

    type genus Pneumora Thunberg, 1775

  • Pneumoridae Thunberg, 1810 in Picker, Griffiths & Weaving, 2005: 90.
  • Pneumoridae Thunberg, 1810 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 41.

References (25)

  • Thunberg, C.P. (1810) Nya arter af Pneumorae slagtet. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 31, 54–65. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/180986#page/60/mode/1up
  • Blanchard, C.É. (1845) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Colèoptères, Orthoptères, Thysanoptères, Névroptères, Lépidoptères, Hémiptères, Aphaniptères, Strepsiptères, Diptères, Anoplures et Thysanures. In Histoire des insectes : traitant de leurs moeurs et de leurs métamorphoses en général et comprenant une nouvelle classification fondée sur leurs rapports naturels. Librairie de F. Didot Frères, Paris. Vol. 2, 1–524, pl. 11–20. Available at http://archive.org/stream/CUbiodiversity1121365-9737#page/244/mode/2up/search/oecanth
  • Stål, C. (1873) Acridiodea. In Recensio Orthopterorum. Revue critique des Orthoptères décrits par Linné, De Geer et Thunberg. Stockholm. Vol. 1, 154 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=oH4qAAAAYAAJ
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
  • Louis Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • Handlirsch, A.P.J. (1922) Überordnung: Orthoptera (Latr.) m. (Geradflügler). In Handbuch der Entomologie, (Schröder, C.). Gustav Fischer, Jena. Vol. 3, 443–464 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79383#page/29/mode/1up
  • Ander, K. (1939) Vergleichend-anatomische und phylogenetische Studien über die Ensifera (Saltatoria). Opuscula Entomologica. Edidit Societas Entomologica Lundensis, 2(Suppl.), 306 pp., 172 figs.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1956) The phallic complex in Acridoidea (Orthoptera) in relation to taxonomy. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 108(7), 223–356.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1961) A preliminary revision of the families and subfamilies of Acridoidea (Orthoptera, Insecta). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 10(9), 351–419. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2242565
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) Revision of the family Pneumoridae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology, 15(10), 325–396. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/bulletinofbritis15entoond
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1975) Classification of the Acridomorphoid Insects. E. W. Classey Ltd., Farringdon, Oxon, 1–171 pp.
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1982) Orthoptera. In Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill Book Company. Vol. 2, pp. 352–379.
  • Alexander, A.J. & Van Staaden, M.J. (1989) Alternative sexual tactics in male bladder grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Pneumoridae). In Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals. ed. M. N. Bruton, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. 261–277.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 2. Grasshoppers [Acridomorpha] A Eumastacoidea Trigonopterygoidea Pneumoroidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 162 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.
  • Flook, P.K. & Rowell, C.H.F. (1997) The phylogeny of the Caelifera (Insecta, Orthoptera) as deduced from mtrRNA gene sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 8, 89–103.
  • Van Staaden, M.J. & Heiner, R. (1997) Sexual signalling in bladder grasshoppers: tactical design for maximizing calling range. Journal of Experimental Biology, 200(20), 2597–2608. Available at http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~mooi/Home/Publications_files/MvS_JEB97.pdf
  • Eades, D.C. (2000) Evolutionary relationships of phallic structures of Acridomorpha (Orthoptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 9, 181–210.
  • Flook, P.K., Klee, S. & Rowell, C.H.F. (2000) Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Pneumoroidea (Orthoptera, Caelifera): molecular data resolve morphological character conflicts in the basal Acridomorpha. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 15(3), 345–354.
  • Couldridge, V.C.K. & Van Staaden, M.J. (2004) Habitat-dependent transmission of male advertisement calls in bladder grasshoppers (Orthoptera; Pneumoridae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 207, 2777–2786. Available at http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~mooi/Home/Publications.html
  • Van Staaden, M.J., Heiner, R. & Couldridge, V.C.K. (2004) A novel approach to hearing: the acoustic world of Pneumorid grasshoppers. In How Simple Nervous Systems Create Complex Perceptual Worlds. FR Prete ed., MIT Press. 261–277 pp.
  • Picker, M.D., Griffiths, C.L. & Weaving, A. (2005) Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa, 444 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Family1034
Genus801220
Species1606379