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Species

Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

Silver spotted bladder grasshopper
Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758): male, lateral view. (Otu).
Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758): female, lateral view. (Otu).
Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758): male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 22.1. male (body length 39-51 mm, pronotum 15-17 mm, tegmina 31-42 mm). (Otu).
Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 22.2. female (body length 40-50 mm, pronotum 18-20 mm). (Otu).
Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 22.3. male face. (Otu).
Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758): Fig. 22.4. female face. (Otu).

Nomenclature (38)

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

    Syntype; male; c2a1dd7c-9760-46c1-b0f7-199a9b128385; deposited at: Uppsala University (UZIU); "In Indiis"

  • Gryllus (Bulla) variolosus Linnaeus, 1758 in Linnaeus, 1767: 693.
  • Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758) in Sheffield, Hiatt, Valentine, Song & Whiting, 2010
  • Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758) in Laubscher, Engelbrecht & Couldridge, 2025: 580, 582.

References (24)

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