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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Rhaphidophora Serville, 1838

Type

type species by original monotypy of Rhaphidophora Serville, 1838

Nomenclature (29)

  • Rhaphidophora Serville, 1838: 389.

    type species by original monotypy Rhaphidophora picea Serville, 1838

  • Rhaphidophorus [sic] Serville, 1838 in Haan, 1843: 171.
  • Rhaphidophora Serville, 1838 in Di, Qin, Shen, Zhang, Wang, Li & He, 2024: 94.
  • Rhaphidophora Serville, 1838 in Muhammad & Tan, 2025: 104.

References (24)

  • Serville, J.G.A. (1838) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, i-xviii, 1–776, pl. 1–14. [1839] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54314
  • de Haan, W. (1843) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Orthoptera. In Temminck [Ed.] Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis der Nederlansche Overzeesche Bezittingen: Vol. 19/20. In commissie bij S. en J. Luchtmans, en C.C. van der Hoek, Leiden. 165–228 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/200624#page/647/mode/1up
  • Lucas, P.H. (1857) Sur les charactères que l'on peut tirer du développement des organes du vol pour distinguer l'état parfait our non parfait des espèces composant le genre Eremiaphila. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 5, 321–327. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34160
  • Costa, O.G. (1860) Fauna del regno di Napoli. Ortotteri, 10. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=OOZAAAAAcAAJ
  • Scudder, S.H. (1861) On the genus Raphidophora, Serville; with descriptions of four species from the Caves of Kentucky, and from the Pacific Coast. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, 8, 6–14. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/37036#page/16/mode/1up
  • Stål, C. (1876) Observations orthoptérologiques 2. Les genres des Acridiodées de la faune Européenne. Aperçu des genres des Acridiodées de l'Amérique du Nord. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar, 4(5), 1–58. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49926#page/233/mode/1up
  • Bolívar, I. (1880) Note sur les locustiens cavernicoles d'Europe. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 10, 71–72. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34129#page/77/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1888) Monographie der Stenopelmatiden und Gryllacriden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 38, 247–394, pls. 5–9. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/VZBG_38_0247-0394.pdf
  • Kirby, W.F. (1890) On the employment of names proposed for genera of Orthoptera, previous to 1840. Scientific Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society, 6, 556–597. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95855#page/572/mode/1up
  • Tepper, J.G.O. (1892) The Gryllacrididae and Stenopelmatidae of Australia and Polynesia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 15, 137–178. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54689#page/145/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1893) Révision du système des Orthoptères et déscription des espèces rapportées par M. Leonardo Fea de Birmanie. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 13(33), 1–230. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/25035
  • 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. (1919) Les orthoptères cavernicoles de Birmanie et de la Péninsule Malaise. Memoirs of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 6, 341–396. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/183880#page/407/mode/1up
  • Karny, H.H. (1924) Beiträge zur malayischen Orthopterenfauna VI. Die Gryllacriden des Buitenzorger Museums. Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 5(1–3), 19–105. Available at http://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/treubia/article/view/1681
  • Ramme, W. (1930) Neue Orthoptera aus Westasien (Acrid. et Tettigon.). Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 16(2), 394–396.
  • Karny, H.H. (1937) Orthoptera Fam. Gryllacrididae, Subfamiliae Omnes. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 206, 1–317 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223806#page/9/mode/1up
  • 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]
  • Otte, D. (2000) Orthoptera Species File 8. Gryllacrididae, Stenopelmatidae, Cooloolidae, Schizodactylidae, Anastostomatidae and Rhaphidophoridae. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 97 pp.
  • Tan, M.K. (2012) Orthoptera in the Bukit Timah and Central Catchment Nature Reserves (Part 2): Suborder Ensifera. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 70 pp. Available at http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/04/ensifera_btnr_ccnr.pdf
  • Gorochov, A.V. (2013) Contribution to the knowledge of the fauna and systematics of the Stenopelmatoidea (Orthoptera) of Indochina and some other territories. XI. Entomological Review, Washington, 93(9), 1138–1154.
  • Bian, X., Zhu, Q.-D. & Shi, F. (2017) Contribution to the Chinese Rhaphidophorinae Walker, 1869 (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Rhaphidophorinae): New species of Rhaphidophora Serville, 1838 from China. Zootaxa, 4317(2), 261–278.
  • Qin, Y., Jiang, H., Liu, X.-W. & Li, K. (2018) A new genus of Rhaphidophorinae (Orthoptera, Rhaphidophoridae) from China. Zootaxa, 4500(2), 179–194.
  • Di, M., Qin, Y., Shen, Z.-H., Zhang, T., Wang, H., Li, K. & He, Z. (2024) Six new species of Rhaphidophora from China (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae: Rhaphidophorinae). European Journal of Taxonomy, 925. https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2453
  • Muhammad, A.A. & Tan, M.K. (2025) The diversity of Orthoptera in the northwestern parts of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 95–118. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.128225

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek ῥαφίς, needle, and φορέω, bear or carry, probably relating to the female's ovipositor.

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1034
Species13406140
Subspecies2002