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Ornebius alatus (Saussure, 1877)

Ornebius alatus (Saussure, 1877): male (Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). (Otu).
Ornebius alatus (Saussure, 1877): male (Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). (Otu).
Ornebius dilatatus (Brancsik, 1901) now Ornebius alatus (Saussure, 1877): Fig. 5. male, dorsal view (Ornebius dilatatus). (Otu).
Ornebius dilatatus (Brancsik, 1901) now Ornebius alatus (Saussure, 1877): original description of Ornebius dilatatus. (Otu).
CollectionObject 1500739; 811db1f5-4a70-41ae-b1e6-e3fccf636a3b, MfN 1004: male, lateral view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500739; 811db1f5-4a70-41ae-b1e6-e3fccf636a3b, MfN 1004: male, dorsal view (holotype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1500739; 811db1f5-4a70-41ae-b1e6-e3fccf636a3b, MfN 1004: labels (holotype). (CollectionObject).
FieldOccurrence 3653; d99baa97-f120-4820-990a-c198dbc1990d; Argentina: Ciudad de Buenos Aires Reserva Ecológica Costanera Norte, : male (March 2018). (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3653; d99baa97-f120-4820-990a-c198dbc1990d; Argentina: Ciudad de Buenos Aires Reserva Ecológica Costanera Norte, : male (March 2018). (FieldOccurrence).
FieldOccurrence 3654; 1ccc256f-868a-4dc6-970c-5f02f7ec268d; Costanera de Hudson, 2016/02/28: male (February 2026). (FieldOccurrence).

Nomenclature (9)

  • Ectatoderus alatus Saussure, 1877: 474 [306].

    Holotype; male; MfN 1004; deposited at: Museum für Naturkunde (MfN); Brazil

  • Ectatoderus alatus Saussure, 1877 in Brancsik, 1901: 192.
  • Ornebius alatus (Saussure, 1877) in Acosta, Timm, Zefa, Matiotti da Costa, Ruschel, Lopes & Kaminski, 2025: 1583.
  • Ectatoderus dilatatus Brancsik, 1901 (subjective synonym of Ectatoderus alatus Saussure, 1877) in Braun, 2026: 442.

References (7)

  • 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
  • Brancsik, K. (1901) Orthoptera quaedam nova. Jahresheft des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereines des Trencsiner Comitates, 23–24, 186–192, tab. III.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • Acosta, R.C., Timm, V.F., Zefa, E., Matiotti da Costa, M.K., Ruschel, T.P., Lopes, D.A.R. & Kaminski, L.A. (2025) Pampa singers: an acoustic and visual guide to singing insects (Orthoptera and Hemiptera). Journal of Natural History, 59(21–24), 1541–1589. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2025.2482670
  • Braun, H. (2026) Nomenclatural notes on a variety of Orthoptera II. Zootaxa, 5878(3), 442–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5878.3.8

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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