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Pterapotrechus longicornis (Tepper, 1892)

Nomenclature (11)

  • Gryllacris longicornis Tepper, 1892: 146.

    Holotype; female; SAMA 14-1093; deposited at: South Australian Museum, Adelaide, SA, Australia (SAMA); Australia: Northern Territory: Northern Territory, Palmerston

  • Gryllacris longicornis Tepper, 1892 in Kirby, 1906: 147.
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  • Paragryllacris beta Griffini, 1909 (subjective synonym of Gryllacris longicornis Tepper, 1892) in Hegg, 2025: 79.
  • Pterapotrechus longicornis (Tepper, 1892) in Hegg, 2025: 79.

Nomenclature references (7)

  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J. (2019) A proposal towards classification of the Raspy Crickets (Orthoptera: Stenopelmatoidea: Gryllacrididae) with zoogeographical comments: An initial contribution to the higher classification of the Gryllacridines. Zootaxa, 4605(1), 1–100.
  • Griffini, A. (1909) Studi sui Grillacridi del Museo di Oxford. Parte Ia, specie etiopiche, indo-malesi ed australiane. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale in Milano, 47, 300–338. [1908] Available at http://www.archive.org/details/attidellasocieti4708soci
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  • Hegg, D. (2025) An Australian raspy cricket established in New Zealand, Pterapotrechus salomonoides (Orthoptera, Gryllacrididae), with notes on ecology and first description of the male. Journal of Orthoptera Research, 34(1), 77–94. https://doi.org/10.3897/jor.34.134391
  • Karny, H.H. (1928) Vorläufige Mitteilung über die wissenschaftlichen Ergebnisse meines Europa-Urlaubes (Schluß). Alphabetisches Verzeichnis. Entomologische Mitteilungen, Berlin-Dahlem, 17(3), 203–225. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Mitteilungen_17_1928_0203-0225.pdf
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Long-horned, reference to very long antennae.

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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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