Species

Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810)

Bladder grasshopper

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

Pneumora pupillata Thunberg, 1810: 57.
Syntype; 581f60a7-db62-4b03-8558-aa585004a51d; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); South Africa
Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810 in Burmeister, 1838: 663.
Pneumora ocellata Thunberg, 1810 in Burmeister, 1838: 662.
Pneumora pupillata Thunberg, 1810 in Burmeister, 1838: 663.
Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810 in Walker, 1870: 800.
Pneumora pupillata Thunberg, 1810 in Walker, 1870: 800.
Cystocoelia ocellata (Thunberg, 1810) in Walker, 1870: 801.
Bulla consobrina Péringuey, 1916: 401.
Syntype; male; 8027ecb7-79a5-41cf-927f-202c9fc2c930; deposited at: Iziko Museums of Cape Town (SAMC);
Bulla ocellata (Thunberg, 1810) in Péringuey, 1916: 406.
Bulla discolor (Thunberg, 1810) in Péringuey, 1916: 405.
Bullacris consobrina (Péringuey, 1916) in Rehn, 1941: 148.
Bullacris ocellata (Thunberg, 1810) in Rehn, 1941: 148.
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810) in Rehn, 1941: 147.
Bullacris pupillata (Thunberg, 1810) in Johnston, 1956: 30.
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810) in Johnston, 1956: 27.
Bullacris consobrina (Péringuey, 1916) in Johnston, 1956: 27.
Bullacris ocellata (Thunberg, 1810) in Johnston, 1956: 29.
Bulla consobrina Péringuey, 1916 (subjective synonym of Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810) in Dirsh, 1965: 363.
Pneumora ocellata Thunberg, 1810 (subjective synonym of Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810) in Dirsh, 1965: 363.
Pneumora pupillata Thunberg, 1810 (subjective synonym of Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810) in Dirsh, 1965: 363.
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810) in Dirsh, 1965: 363.
Bullacris discolor (Thunberg, 1810) in Dirsh, 1965: 38.
Bullacris consobrina (Péringuey, 1916) in Dirsh, 1965: 38.
Bullacris ocellata (Thunberg, 1810) in Dirsh, 1965: 38.
Bullacris pupillata (Thunberg, 1810) in Dirsh, 1965: 38.
Bulla consobrina Péringuey, 1916 (subjective synonym of Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810) in Johnston, 1968: 38.
Pneumora ocellata Thunberg, 1810 (subjective synonym of Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810) in Johnston, 1968: 38.
Pneumora pupillata Thunberg, 1810 (subjective synonym of Pneumora discolor Thunberg, 1810) in Johnston, 1968: 38.

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.

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.

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) 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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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
Species	1	0	10	11