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Brachytrupes gigas (Sulzer, 1776) (Nomen dubium)

Nomenclature (6)

  • Acheta gigas Sulzer, 1776: 83. (nomen dubium in Simeu-Noutchom, Heller, Um Nyobe & Kekeunou, 2023: 376)
  • Acheta gigas Sulzer, 1776 in Scudder, 1869: 3.
  • Acheta gigas Sulzer, 1776 (subjective synonym of Gryllus (Acheta) membranaceus Drury, 1773) in Chopard, 1967: 41.
  • Brachytrupes gigas (Sulzer, 1776) in Simeu-Noutchom, Heller, Um Nyobe & Kekeunou, 2023: 376.

References (6)

  • Sulzer, J.H. (1776) Abgekürzte Geschichte der Insecten, nach dem Linnaeischen System. H. Steiner, Winterthur, Vol. 2. Available at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/PPN574026746
  • Scudder, S.H. (1869) Catalogue of the Orthoptera of North America described previous to 1867. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 8, 89 pp. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=llgtAAAAIAAJ
  • Scudder, S.H. (1901) Alphabetical index to North American Orthoptera described in the eighteenth and nineteenth centures. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History, 6, 1–436. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31824#page/15/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
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 1–213.
  • Simeu-Noutchom, A., Heller, K.-G., Um Nyobe, P.C.A. & Kekeunou, S. (2023) Taxonomy review of the genus Brachytrupes (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) with the description of a new species and key to the species. Zootaxa, 5336(3), 373–388. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.4

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Giant cricket (original German name: "Riesengrille").

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1012