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Species

Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874

Bladder grasshopper
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: female, lateral view (Zomba, Tanzania). (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: female, lateral view (Zomba, Tanzania). (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: male, lateral view (Liwale, Tanzania). (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: male, dorsal view. (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: male, lateral view. (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 28.1. male (body length 70-81 mm, pronotum 38-43 mm, tegmina 65-71 mm). (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 28.2. female (body length 89-107 mm, pronotum 62-67 mm). (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 28.3. male face. (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 28.4. female face. (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 29.1. first instar nymph. (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 29.2. phallic complex, dorsal view. (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 29.4. male abdomen tip, dorsal view. (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 29.5. male abdomen tip, lateral view. (Otu).
Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: Fig. 29.7. abdominal stridulatory ridges (semi-schematic). (Otu).

Nomenclature (17)

  • Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874: 175.

    Holotype; female; c4bae3d9-917d-43b4-ae45-8daed8e160b8; deposited at: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUM); Zambezi

  • Cystocoelia absidata Karsch, 1896: 245.

    Holotype; male; ec43fab8-adc5-4d33-8917-6781b5e8d23d; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); United Republic of Tanzania: Dodoma: Mpwapwa

  • Physophorina livingstonii Westwood, 1874 in Otte, 1994: 142.
  • Physophorina livingstoni Westwood, 1874 in Rowell, Hemp & Harvey, 2015: 42.

References (14)

  • 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
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • La Baume, W. (1911) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der aethiopischen Orthopteren. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 72, 308–326. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36024#page/318/mode/1up
  • 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) Notes on Acridoidea of Africa, Madagascar and Asia (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 37, 379–398. Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157307
  • Veiga Ferreira, G.da (1964) Catálogo dos Ortópteros de Moçambique. Revista de Entomologia de Moçambique, 7, 217–295.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
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Species1045