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Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) cyprius (Saussure, 1877)

Cyprian Stripe-headed Cricket
CollectionObject 1502899; af4affb2-4add-49cd-9b89-5aba3ccb99c2: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502899; af4affb2-4add-49cd-9b89-5aba3ccb99c2: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502899; af4affb2-4add-49cd-9b89-5aba3ccb99c2: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502899; af4affb2-4add-49cd-9b89-5aba3ccb99c2: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1502899; af4affb2-4add-49cd-9b89-5aba3ccb99c2: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Gryllus cyprius Saussure, 1877: 358 [190].

    Syntypes (n= 2); male; 19a2da42-1441-4a71-ad4a-f75ef188ea97; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Cyprus. Syntype; female; e5ffaaa5-a1df-4486-a122-c191365ec44f; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); Cyprus

  • Gryllus cyprius Saussure, 1877 in Kirby, 1906: 30.
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  • Modicogryllus cyprius (Saussure, 1877) in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 474.
  • Modicogryllus (Modicogryllus) cyprius (Saussure, 1877) in Ma, Zheng & Qiao, 2021: 229.

Nomenclature references (9)

  • Chopard, L. (1961) Les divisions du genre Gryllus basées sur l'étude de l'appareil copulateur (Orth. Gryllidae). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 37(3), 267–287. [1960] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/157258
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 213 pp.
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  • de Saussure, H. (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
  • Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1–749.
  • 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
  • Ma, L., Zheng, Y. & Qiao, M. (2021) Revision of Chinese crickets of the tribe Modicogryllini Otte & Alexander, 1983 with notes on relevant taxa (Orthoptera: Gryllidae; Gryllinae). Zootaxa, 4990(2), 227–252.
  • Randell, R.L. (1964) The male genitalia in Gryllinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) and a tribal revision. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1565–1607.
  • Tumbrinck, J. (2006) An annotated checklist of the Orthoptera (Saltatoria) of Cyprus. Articulata, 21(2), 121–159. Available at http://dgfo-articulata.de/downloads/articulata/articulata_XXI_2006/tumbrinck_2006.pdf

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after distribution on Cyprus.

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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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