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Species

Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870)

Bladder grasshopper, Bishop
Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870): Fig. 13.1. male (body length 47-59 mm, pronotum 19-23 mm, tegmina 38-44 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870): Fig. 13.2. female (body length 48-55 mm, pronotum 26-32 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870): Fig. 13.3. male face. (Otu).
Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870): Fig. 13.4. female face. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1518328; ceef5463-a531-4c29-b712-1de42ed0e5e6, NHMUK013805618: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518328; ceef5463-a531-4c29-b712-1de42ed0e5e6, NHMUK013805618: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1518328; ceef5463-a531-4c29-b712-1de42ed0e5e6, NHMUK013805618: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (26)

  • Pneumora membracioides Walker, 1870: 800.

    Holotype; female; NHMUK013805618; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); KwaZulu-Natal

  • Bulla longicornis Stål, 1873: 139.

    Holotype; male; e41eb300-3f82-45f7-b6aa-0ad656d8f3a5; deposited at: Swedish Museum of Natural History, Entomology Collections (NHRS); South Africa: Eastern Cape: [Kaffraria]

  • Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870) in Gordon, Colville, Engelbrecht & Couldridge, 2024: 303, 305, 313, 325, 328, 350.
  • Bullacris membracioides (Walker, 1870) in Hemp, Ritchie, Cigliano, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa, Grzywacz, Linde, Uluar, Oumarou-Ngoute & Song, 2025: 492.

References (22)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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. (1957) The spermatheca as a taxonomic character in Acridoidea (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 32, 107–114.
  • 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
  • Ragge, D.R. (1963) The nymphal wing-pad tracheation and adult axillary sclerites of the Pneumoridae (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 6, 185–191.
  • Dirsh, V.M. (1965) The African Genera of Acridoidea. Cambridge University Press, Antilocust Centre, London, 579 pp.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Van Staaden, M.J. & Heiner, R. (1998) Evolutionary transition from stretch to hearing organs in ancient grasshoppers. Nature (London), 394, 773–776. Available at http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~mooi/Home/Publications.html
  • Gerhardt, H.C. & Huber, W. (2002) Acoustic Communication in Insects and Anurans: Common Problems and Diverse Solutions. University Of Chicago Press, 542 pp.
  • Van Staaden, M.J., Rieser, M., Ott, S.R., Pabst, M.A. & Heiner, R. (2003) Serial hearing in the atympanate grasshopper Bullacris membracioides (Orthoptera, Pneumoridae). The Journal of Comparative Neurology, 465(4), 579–592. Available at http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~mooi/Home/Publications.html
  • 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
  • Donelson, N.C. & Van Staaden, M.J. (2005) Alternate tactics in male bladder grasshoppers Bullacris membracioides (Orthoptera: Pneumoridae). Behaviour, 142(6), 761–778. Available at http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~mooi/Home/Publications.html
  • Couldridge, V.C.K. & Van Staaden, M.J. (2006) Female preferences for male calling songs in the bladder grasshopper Bullacris membracioides. Behaviour, 143(12), 1439–1456. Available at http://caspar.bgsu.edu/~mooi/Home/Publications.html
  • Donelson, N.C., Smith, A.R. & Van Staaden, M.J. (2008) Variation in adult longevity in a polymorphic grasshopper species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 17(2), 279–282. Available at http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1665/1082-6467-17.2.279
  • 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
  • Hemp, C., Ritchie, J.M., Cigliano, M.M., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E., Grzywacz, B., Linde, J.B., Uluar, O., Oumarou-Ngoute, C. & Song, H. (2025) Out of sight, out of mind? Ixalidiidae, a new family of African forest grasshoppers (Orthoptera, Acridoidea) revealed by molecular phylogenetics and genital morphology. Zoosystema, 47(24), 489–553. https://doi.org/10.5252/zoosystema2025v47a24

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