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Species

Phalangacris alluaudi Bolívar, 1895

Mahé Boulder Cricket
Phalangacris alluaudi Bolívar, 1895: (Otu).
Phalangacris alluaudi Bolívar, 1895: (Otu).

Nomenclature (8)

  • Phalangacris alluaudi Bolívar, 1895: 381.

    Syntype; female; 80b979d3-edde-4998-8777-6c5b6236a5dc; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Seychelles

  • Phalangacris alluaudi Bolívar, 1895 in Bolívar, 1912: 288.
  • Phalangacris alluaudi Bolívar, 1895 in Gerlach & Haas, 2008: 50.
  • Phalangacris alluaudi Bolívar, 1895 in Hugel, Warren & Desutter-Grandcolas, 2021: 228.

References (8)

  • Bolívar, I. (1895) Mission scientifique de M. Ch. Alluaud aux îles Séchelles. Orthoptères. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 64, 369–385. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34283#page/379/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1912) Orthoptera. Acrydiidae. Phasgonuridae. Gryllidae (of the Seychelles). The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 15(2), 263–292. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/55329#page/303/mode/1up
  • Chopard, L. (1968) Fam. Gryllidae: Subfam. Mogoplistinae, Myrmecophilinae, Scleropterinae, Cachoplistinae, Pteroplistinae, Pentacentrinae, Phalangopsinae, Trigonidiinae, Eneopterinae; Fam. Oecanthidae, Gryllotalpidae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 12, pp. 213–500.
  • Paris, M. (1994) Catálogo de tipos de ortopteroides (Insecta) de Ignacio Bolivar, I: Blattaria, Mantodea, Phasmoptera y Orthoptera (Stenopelmatoidea, Rhaphidophoroidea, Tettigonioidea, Grylloidea, Tetrigoidea). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 69, 143–264. [1993] Available at http://digital.csic.es/handle/10261/170427
  • Matyot, P. (1998) The orthopteroids of the Seychelles: a threatened island fauna. Journal of Insect Conservation, 2, 235–246. Available at http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1023%2FA%3A1009647930445.pdf
  • Gerlach, J. & Haas, F. (2008) Orthopteroidea of the Seychelles Islands. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, 88 pp.
  • Gerlach, J. (2008) Preliminary conservation status and needs of an oceanic island fauna: The case of Seychelles insects. Journal of Insect Conservation, 12, 293–305.
  • Hugel, S., Warren, B.H. & Desutter-Grandcolas, L. (2021) The Phalangopsidae crickets (Orthoptera, Grylloidea) of the Seychelles Archipelago: Taxonomy of an ecological radiation. Zootaxa, 5047(3), 201–246.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Named after the French entomologist and explorer Charles A. Alluaud (1861–1949), who collected the specimens.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Species1001