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Species

Gryllus (Homaloblemmus) zambesi (Saussure, 1877)

Nomenclature (7)

  • Homaloblemmus zambesi Saussure, 1877: 416 [247].

    Syntype; female; NMW 6637; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Zambezi River

  • Homaloblemmus zambesi Saussure, 1877 in Kirby, 1906: 45.
  • Gryllus zambesi (Saussure, 1877) in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 532.
  • Gryllus (Homaloblemmus) zambezi [sic] Saussure, 1877 (misspelling of Homaloblemmus zambesi Saussure, 1877)

References (6)

  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 213 pp.
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2001) Remarkable examples of convergence and new taxa of Gryllini (Orthoptera: Gryllidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 9(2), 316–350. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/2001/126%20Remarkable%20examples%20convergence%202001.pdf
  • Hollier, J.A., Bruckner, H. & Heads, S.W. (2013) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Henri de Saussure, with an account of the primary type material housed in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle de Genève, Part 5: Grylloidea. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 120(3), 445–535. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/202907#page/103/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1906) Orthoptera Saltatoria. Part I. (Achetidae et Phasgonuridae). In A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae). British Museum (Natural History), London. Vol. 2, i-viii, 1–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/29662
  • Otte, D. & Cade, W.H. (1984) African crickets (Gryllidae). 6. The genus Gryllus and some related genera (Gryllinae, Gryllini). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 136, 98–122.
  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1877) Mélanges orthoptérologiques V. fascicule Gryllides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 25(1), 169–504 [1–352]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/35307

Descendants and synonyms

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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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