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Tapinopus platyceps Saussure, 1878 (Nomen dubium)

Tapinopus platyceps Saussure, 1878: Pl. 18, Fig. 68 (1). female. (Otu).
Tapinopus platyceps Saussure, 1878: Pl. 18, Fig. 68 (1). female. (Otu).
Tapinopus platyceps Saussure, 1878: Pl. 18, Fig. 68(2). female, head and pronotum. (Otu).

Nomenclature (6)

  • Tapinopus platyceps Saussure, 1878: 618 [758]. (nomen dubium)

    Holotype; female; NMW 6678; deposited at: Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien (NMW); New Caledonia: Pacific

  • Tapinopus platyceps Saussure, 1878 in Kirby, 1906: 101.
  • Tamborina platyceps (Saussure, 1878) in Otte, 1994: 76.
  • Tamborina platyceps (Saussure, 1878) in Hollier, Bruckner & Heads, 2013: 512.

References (6)

  • 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.
  • de Saussure, H. (1878) Mélanges orthoptérologiques. VI. fascicule Gryllides. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 25(2), 369–704 [505–834]. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122148#page/525/mode/1up
  • 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
  • Otte, D. (1994) Orthoptera Species File 1. Crickets (Grylloidea). The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 120 pp.
  • Otte, D., Alexander, R.D. & Cade, W.H. (1987) The crickets of New Caledonia (Gryllidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 139, 375–457. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=AV5YYsg-LgAC

Descendants and synonyms

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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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Species1012