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Species

Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758)

Bladder grasshopper
Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 11, 1. male habitus (body length 35-45 mm, pronotum 15-21 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 11, 2. female habitus (body length 38-44, pronotum 22-24 mm). (Otu).
Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 11: 3, 4. faces of male (left) and female (right). (Otu).
Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 8.7. abdominal stridulatory ridges (semi-schematic). (Otu).
Bullacris vansoni (Dirsh, 1963) now Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 34. male. (Otu).
Bullacris vansoni (Dirsh, 1963) now Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 34. female. (Otu).
Bullacris vansoni (Dirsh, 1963) now Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 34. male face. (Otu).
Bullacris vansoni (Dirsh, 1963) now Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 34. female face. (Otu).
Bullacris vansoni (Dirsh, 1963) now Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Bullacris vansoni (Dirsh, 1963) now Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758): female, lateral view. (Otu).
CollectionObject 2045665; 7b2ca005-c53d-4d32-b1e9-3905e6a34f9e, NHMUK015982310: male, dorsal view (paratype of Parabullacris vansoni). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2045665; 7b2ca005-c53d-4d32-b1e9-3905e6a34f9e, NHMUK015982310: male, lateral view (paratype of Parabullacris vansoni). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2045665; 7b2ca005-c53d-4d32-b1e9-3905e6a34f9e, NHMUK015982310: labels (paratype of Parabullacris vansoni). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2046885; a81b604c-e539-42a4-bc62-7cbf31bc0bda, NHMUK015982313: female, dorsal view (paratype of Parabullacris vansoni). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2046885; a81b604c-e539-42a4-bc62-7cbf31bc0bda, NHMUK015982313: female, lateral view (paratype of Parabullacris vansoni). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 2046885; a81b604c-e539-42a4-bc62-7cbf31bc0bda, NHMUK015982313: labels (paratype of Parabullacris vansoni). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (55)

  • Gryllus (Bulla) unicolor Linnaeus, 1758: 427.

    Syntype; male; 83078253-0c21-4fc0-8d14-e42aceb5a62a; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); "In Indiis"

  • Gryllus (Bulla) unicolor Linnaeus, 1758 in Linnaeus, 1764: 119.
  • Parabullacris vansoni Dirsh, 1963 (subjective synonym of Gryllus (Bulla) unicolor Linnaeus, 1758) in Laubscher, Engelbrecht & Couldridge, 2025: 582, 585.
  • Bullacris unicolor (Linnaeus, 1758) in Laubscher, Engelbrecht & Couldridge, 2025: 578, 580.

References (30)

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