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Species

Cryncus scenicus (Gerstaecker, 1869)

CollectionObject 1500725; dfd3de52-4d60-4a1e-b7b6-0b81ad64e66c: male habitus, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500725; dfd3de52-4d60-4a1e-b7b6-0b81ad64e66c: male habitus, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500725; dfd3de52-4d60-4a1e-b7b6-0b81ad64e66c: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500725; dfd3de52-4d60-4a1e-b7b6-0b81ad64e66c: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

  • Gryllus scenicus Gerstaecker, 1869: 212.

    Holotype; male; dfd3de52-4d60-4a1e-b7b6-0b81ad64e66c; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Tanzania: Jipe Lake

  • Gryllus scenicus Gerstaecker, 1869 in Gerstaecker, 1873: 23.
  • Cryncus scenicus (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Um Nyobe, Kekeunou, Ma, Robillard, Simeu-Noutchom & Bilong Bilong, 2021: 482.
  • Turanogryllus scenicus (Gerstaecker, 1869) in Um Nyobe, Robillard, Kekeunou, Ma, Mbadjoun Nziké & Bilong Bilong, 2022: 86.

References (14)

  • Chopard, L. & Kevan, D.K.M.E. (1954) Orthoptera-Ensifera from Kenya and Jubaland. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 105, 315–353.
  • Chopard, L. (1954) La Réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt. Nimba, III. Orthoptères Ensifères. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 40(2), 25–97.
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 213 pp.
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1869) Beitrag zur Insekten-Fauna von Zanzibar. No. II. Orthoptera et Neuroptera. Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 35(1), 201–223. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/31346#page/209/mode/1up
  • Gerstaecker, A. (1873) Die Gliedertier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. C.F. Winter'sche, Leipzig & Heidelberg, 452 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/40556#page/13/mode/1up
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1983) New genera and species of the subfamily Gryllinae (Orthoptera, Gryllidae) from Africa. Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal, 62(6), 951–954. Available at http://gryllus.smart21.ru/gryllus/Gorochov%27s%20papers%20in%20PDF%20and%20list%20of%20his%20publications/1983%20%289-12%29/11%20Stilbogryllus%20Cryncus%20%5BZoologicheskij%20zhurnal,%20LXII,%206%5D%20%28russian%29%201983.pdf
  • Leroy, Y. (1966) Signaux acoustiques, comportement et systématique de quelques espèces de Gryllides (Orthoptères, Ensifères). Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique, 100, 1–134.
  • Otte, D. (1985) African crickets (Gryllidae). 7. The genus Cryncus Gorochov. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 137(2), 129–142.
  • Otte, D. (1987) African crickets (Gryllidae). 9. New genera and species of Brachytrupinae and Gryllinae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 139, 315–374.
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.
  • Randell, R.L. (1964) The male genitalia in Gryllinae (Orthoptera: Gryllidae) and a tribal revision. The Canadian Entomologist, 96(12), 1565–1607.
  • 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
  • Um Nyobe, P.C.A., Kekeunou, S., Ma, L., Robillard, T., Simeu-Noutchom, A. & Bilong Bilong, C.F. (2021) Description and bioecology of two new species of the genus Cryncus (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae) from Cameroon with a key and distribution map of all African species. Zootaxa, 4908(4), 473–488.
  • Um Nyobe, P.C.A., Robillard, T., Kekeunou, S., Ma, L., Mbadjoun Nziké, M. & Bilong Bilong, C.F. (2022) Description of two new species of Turanogryllini crickets (Orthoptera, Gryllidae, Gryllinae) from Cameroon, with identification keys for African species. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 31(1), 83–89. Available at http://jor.pensoft.net/article/73389/

Descendants and synonyms

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