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† Pycnophlebia speciosa (Germar, 1839)

Nomenclature (8)

  • † Locusta speciosa Germar, 1839 (fossil)
  • Decticus speciosus (Germar, 1839) in Giebel, 1856: 304.
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  • Pycnophlebia speciosa (Germar, 1839) in Plotnick & Smith, 2012: 21-23.
  • Pycnophlebia speciosa (Germar, 1839) in Gu, Shih & Ren, 2019: 127.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • Germar, E.F. (1839) Die versteinerten Insekten Solnhofens. Nova acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum, 19, 187–222, pls. 21–23.
  • Giebel, C.G.A. (1856) Gliedertiere. 1. Abteilung: Insekten und Spinnen. In Fauna der Vorwelt mit steter Berücksichtigung der lebenden Thiere. Brockhaus, Leipzig. Vol. 2, xviii + 512 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/66393
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  • Gorochov, A.V. (1995) System and evolution of the suborder Ensifera (Orthoptera). Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 260, 1–224. [in Russian]
  • Gu, J.-J., Shih, C.-K. & Ren, D. (2019) Orthoptera - Grasshoppers and Katydids. In Rhythms of Insect Evolution: Evidence from the Jurassic and Cretaceous in Northern China. Wiley-Blackwell. 121–136 pp.
  • Handlirsch, A.P.J. (1906) Die fossilen Insekten und die Phylogenie der rezenten Formen. Ein Handbuch für Paläontologen und Zoologen. Engelmann, Leipzig, Vol. 1, Issues 3-4, 321–480, 481–640 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/26376
  • Oppenheim, P. (1888) Die Insectenwelt des lithographischen Schiefers in Bayern. Palaeontographica. Beitraege zur Naturgeschichte der Vorzeit, 34, 215-. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/103635#page/225/mode/1up
  • Plotnick, R.E. & Smith, D.M. (2012) Exceptionally preserved fossil insect ears from the Eocene Green River Formation of Colorado. Journal of Paleontology, 86(1), 19–24.
  • Scudder, S.H. (1885) Insecta. In Handbuch der Palaeontologie. 1. Abtheilung; 2. Band, Mollusca und Arthropoda: Vol. I. Munich and Leipzig. pp. 747–831, figs. 929–1109. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/79170#page/6/mode/1up

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Latin for handsome or beautiful.

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