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Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810)

Bladder grasshopper
Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810): Fig. 19.1. male (body length 41-46 mm, pronotum 16-18 mm, tegmina 32-37 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810): Fig. 19.2. female (body length 45-51 mm, pronotum 22-24 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810): Fig. 19.3. male face. (Otu).
Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810): Fig. 19.4. female face. (Otu).

Nomenclature (25)

  • Pneumora obliqua Thunberg, 1810: 65. (valid)

    Syntype; female; 8798ce56-7e2b-4fb3-9881-776c9b6a0e2f; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); KwaZulu-Natal

  • Pneumora papillosa Thunberg, 1810: 58. (homonym)

    Syntype; d78f1ac8-9e7a-4293-8188-9221165dd4d2; South Africa

  • Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810) in Couldridge & van Staaden, 2004
  • Bullacris obliqua (Thunberg, 1810) in Gordon, Colville, Engelbrecht & Couldridge, 2024: 303, 313, 324, 327, 328, 331.

References (12)

  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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) 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.
  • Kirby, W.F. (1910) A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London, Vol. 3, Issue 2, 674 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29660
  • 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.
  • 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) 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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