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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Physophorina Westwood, 1874

Type

type species by original monotypy of Physophorina Westwood, 1874

Nomenclature (11)

  • Physophorina Westwood, 1874: 174-6.

    type species by original monotypy Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874

  • Shortridgea Péringuey, 1916: 412.

    type species Shortridgea miranda Péringuey, 1916

  • Physophorina Westwood, 1874 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 5.
  • Physophorina Westwood, 1874 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 41.

References (9)

  • Westwood, J.O. (1874) Thesaurus entomologicus Oxoniensis:: or Illustrations of new, rare and interesting insects, for the most part coloured, in the collections presented to the University of Oxford by the Rev. F.W. Hope., xxiv, 205 pp 40 pl [31 in colour]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/14077
  • Louis Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • 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
  • Johnston, H.B. (1956) Annotated Catalogue of African Grasshoppers. The Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 833 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.
  • 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.
  • Yin, X.-C., Shi, J. & Yin, Z. (1996) Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera). China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, 1266 pp.
  • Rowell, C.H.F., Hemp, C. & Harvey, A.W. (2015) Jago's Grasshoppers of East and North East Africa. Volume 1. Pneumoridae, Pyrgomorphidae, Lentulidae, Pamphagidae and Dericorythidae. 238 pp.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1012
Species2057