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Itaropsis tenella (Walker, 1869)

CollectionObject 1580025; f5c0c288-780e-468b-bd26-cb54b0426d11: labels (paratype of Gryllus fletcheri, subsequently identified as Itaropsis tenella). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580025; f5c0c288-780e-468b-bd26-cb54b0426d11: labels (paratype of Gryllus fletcheri, subsequently identified as Itaropsis tenella). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580025; f5c0c288-780e-468b-bd26-cb54b0426d11: male, dorsal view (paratype of Gryllus fletcheri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580025; f5c0c288-780e-468b-bd26-cb54b0426d11: male, lateral view (paratype of Gryllus fletcheri). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580026; 9b3cf6a2-f207-4a0a-a917-2746ad938a42: labels (as Itaropsis parviceps). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580026; 9b3cf6a2-f207-4a0a-a917-2746ad938a42: male, dorsal view (as Itaropsis parviceps). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1580026; 9b3cf6a2-f207-4a0a-a917-2746ad938a42: male, lateral view (as Itaropsis parviceps). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (16)

  • Gryllus tenellus Walker, 1869: 37. (valid)

    Holotype; male; efc9a8fb-5609-4f37-84bc-3fbc1f51efaf; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); Sri Lanka

  • Gryllus parviceps Walker, 1871: 8.

    Holotype; male; 4a4b1492-9147-4a9b-be9f-de6391859c36; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); India: Maharashtra: Bombay [Mumbai]

  • Itaropsis tenella (Walker, 1869) in Jaiswara, Balakrishnan, Robillard, Rao, Cruaud & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2012
  • Itaropsis tenella (Walker, 1869) in Liu, 2022: 118.

References (12)

  • Walker, F. (1869) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 1, 1–224 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci01britrich
  • Walker, F. (1871) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum: Vol. Supplement. London, 1–116 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34094#page/99/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Chopard, L. (1925) The Gryllidae of Ceylon in the British Museum Collections. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 15, 505–536.
  • Chopard, L. (1935) On a collection of Gryllidae from India made by Mr. B. M. Fletcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 16, 284–296.
  • Chopard, L. (1936) The Tridactylidae and Gryllidae of Ceylon. Ceylon Journal of Science Biological Science), 20, 9–87. Available at http://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.7321
  • Sandrasagara, T.R. (1954) Checklist of the Tridactylidae and Gryllidae (Insecta, Orthoptera) of Ceylon, with records of distribution. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 52, 540–562. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/186987#page/672/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1967) Gryllides. Fam. Gryllidae; Subfam. Gryllinae (Trib. Grymnogryllini, Gryllini, Gryllomorphini, Nemobiini). In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 10, pp. 1–213.
  • Chopard, L. (1969) Orthoptera. Vol. 2. Grylloidea. In The Fauna of India and the Adjacent Countries. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. i-xviii, 1–421. Available at https://archive.org/details/IndianGrylloidea
  • Shishodia, M.S., Chandra, K. & Gupta, S.K. (2010) An annotated checklist of Orthoptera (Insecta) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Miscellaneous Publication, Occasional Paper, 314, 1–366. Available at http://indiabiodiversity.org/biodiv/content/documents/document-9a5b06fa-7416-49a2-98d7-541bfbfbeaaf/239.pdf
  • Jaiswara, R., Balakrishnan, R., Robillard, T., Rao, K., Cruaud, C. & Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2012) Testing concordance in species boundaries using acoustic, morphological, and molecular data in the field cricket genus Itaropsis (Orthoptera: Grylloidea, Gryllidae: Gryllinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 164(2), 285–303.
  • Liu, H.-Y. (2022) Evaluation of the Threat Situation of Crickets Suborder Insects in China. 461 pp.

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Species1056