Nomenclature (3)

  • Melanogryllus chopardi Bey-Bienko, 1968: 66.

    Holotype; male; 4226a925-9a5c-4120-8fe0-238934d1f47f; deposited at: Institut für Zoologie der Universität Innsbruck (IZUI); Nepal: Janakpur: near Namdu

  • Melanogryllus chopardi Bey-Bienko, 1968 in Ingrisch, 1990: 164.
  • Melanogryllus chopardi Bey-Bienko, 1968 in Wang, Huang & Ma, 2023: 274.

Nomenclature references (3)

  • Bey-Bienko, G.Y. (1968) Orthoperoid Insects of East Nepal. Entomological Review, Washington, 47(1), 59–72.
  • Ingrisch, S. (1990) Grylloptera and Orthoptera s.str. from Nepal and Darjeeling in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Spixiana (Munich), 13, 149–182. Available at http://archive.org/details/spixiana1990zool
  • Wang, N., Huang, H. & Ma, L. (2023) Redescription of two species and a new distribution record for China of the genus Melanogryllus Chopard, 1961 and a report of one new species of the genus Velarifictorus Randell, 1964 (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa, 5360(2), 269–278. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5360.2.6

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Dedicated to Lucien Chopard (1885 – 1971), French entomologist and specialist in Orthoptera.

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