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Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810)

Bladder grasshopper
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810): dorsal view. (Otu).
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810): Fig. 15.1. male (body length 44-58 mm, pronotum 21-24 mm, tegmina 37-45 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810): Fig. 15.2. female (body length 43-51 mm, pronotum 25-29 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810): Fig. 15.3. male face. (Otu).
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810): Fig. 15.4. female face. (Otu).

Nomenclature (32)

  • Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810: 59.

    Syntype; 6db80016-7a4a-4f8e-9ef8-2d44e9dbe970; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); South Africa

  • Pneumora ocellata Thunberg, 1810: 57.

    Syntype; male; 80e70926-e703-46ea-921b-62cd890bcbd0; South Africa

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  • Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810) in Johnston, 1968: 38.
  • Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810) in Gordon, Colville, Engelbrecht & Couldridge, 2024: 303, 305, 307, 313, 324, 328, 331.

Nomenclature references (10)

  • Burmeister, H.C.C. (1838) Kaukerfe, Gymnognatha (Erste Hälfte: Vulgo Orthoptera). In Handbuch der Entomologie. Theodor Christian Friedrich Enslin, Berlin. Vol. 2, Issue I-VIII, 397–756 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25467340#page/13/mode/1up
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
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  • 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
  • Gordon, M.L., Colville, J.F., Engelbrecht, A. & Couldridge, V.C.K. (2024) Ancient grasshoppers: A revision of the genus Bullacris (Orthoptera: Pneumoridae). Zootaxa, 5474(4), 301–354. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5474.4.1
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) In Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. 833 pp.
  • Johnston, H.B. (1968) Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers: Vol. Suppl. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 445 pp.
  • 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
  • Rehn, J.A.G. (1941) On new and previously known species of Pneumoridae (Orthoptera, Acridoidea). Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 67, 137–159. Available at http://reader.library.cornell.edu/docviewer/digital?id=chla5077659_4277_002#page/3/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Walker, F. (1870) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 4, 605–809 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci04britrich

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