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Cratomelus armatus Blanchard, 1851

CollectionObject 1475091; 09d7d426-6c6f-4dde-bd3b-895bb7685670, NHMUK015982148: female, lateral view (holotype of Lencica ferruginea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475091; 09d7d426-6c6f-4dde-bd3b-895bb7685670, NHMUK015982148: female, lateral view (holotype of Lencica ferruginea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475091; 09d7d426-6c6f-4dde-bd3b-895bb7685670, NHMUK015982148: female, dorsal view (holotype of Lencica ferruginea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1475091; 09d7d426-6c6f-4dde-bd3b-895bb7685670, NHMUK015982148: labels (holotype of Lencica ferruginea). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, anterior view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, on drawer (syntypes). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, ventral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1505597; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351: Female, labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533014; 560ef361-7453-4b90-8710-1739ebaf32d0: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533014; 560ef361-7453-4b90-8710-1739ebaf32d0: male head and pronotum, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533014; 560ef361-7453-4b90-8710-1739ebaf32d0: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533014; 560ef361-7453-4b90-8710-1739ebaf32d0: male head, pronotum and tegmina, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533014; 560ef361-7453-4b90-8710-1739ebaf32d0: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1533014; 560ef361-7453-4b90-8710-1739ebaf32d0: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586884; 4d0f9f75-7927-4d2f-bfc4-f81e7cfcc38a: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586884; 4d0f9f75-7927-4d2f-bfc4-f81e7cfcc38a: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586884; 4d0f9f75-7927-4d2f-bfc4-f81e7cfcc38a: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1586884; 4d0f9f75-7927-4d2f-bfc4-f81e7cfcc38a: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595444; d7e83f38-79e9-4254-a5c8-adec6dca8425: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595444; d7e83f38-79e9-4254-a5c8-adec6dca8425: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595444; d7e83f38-79e9-4254-a5c8-adec6dca8425: female, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595444; d7e83f38-79e9-4254-a5c8-adec6dca8425: female, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595444; d7e83f38-79e9-4254-a5c8-adec6dca8425: female, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595444; d7e83f38-79e9-4254-a5c8-adec6dca8425: label. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595445; 47837a18-901b-493f-9211-5a29fa518c14: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595445; 47837a18-901b-493f-9211-5a29fa518c14: male, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595445; 47837a18-901b-493f-9211-5a29fa518c14: male abdomen, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595445; 47837a18-901b-493f-9211-5a29fa518c14: male abdomen, ventral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595445; 47837a18-901b-493f-9211-5a29fa518c14: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1595445; 47837a18-901b-493f-9211-5a29fa518c14: labels. (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (43)

  • Cratomelus armatus Blanchard, 1851: 37.

    Syntype; d995e48e-831d-4ba1-8020-cde338e05082; deposited at: Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); Chile

  • Stenopelmatus chilensis Saussure, 1859: 211.

    Syntype; female; 115debb9-a969-4567-8ba3-29bb6b007351; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Chile: Aisén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo: Valverde

  • Cratomelus armatus Blanchard, 1851 in Alfaro, Muñoz-Ramírez, Zúñiga-Reinoso, Trewick & Méndez, 2018
  • Cratomelus armatus Blanchard, 1851 in Cadena-Castañeda, Castañeda M., Garay & Rincón, 2022: 140.

References (30)

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  • Saussure, H.L.F.de (1859) Orthoptera Nova Americana (Diagnoses praeliminares). Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, 2(11), 201–212, 315–317, 390–394. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48711#page/205/mode/1up
  • Brunner von Wattenwyl, C. (1862) Über die von der k.k. Fregatte Novara mitgebrachten Orthopteren. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 12, 87–96. Available at http://archive.org/details/bub_gb_rbXxAAAAMAAJ
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  • Walker, F. (1870) Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London, Vol. 3, 425–604 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci03britrich
  • Graber, V. (1876) Die tympanalen Sinnesapparate der Orthopteren. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, 36(2), 1–140, pls 1–10. [1875] Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/DAKW_36_2_0001-0140.pdf
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  • 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. (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
  • Salfi, M. (1925) Ortotteri raccolti dal Capitano G. Chierchia nel viaggio di circumnavigazione della R. Corvetta "Vettor Pisani" negli anni 1882-1885. Annuario del Museo Zoologico della R. Universitá di Napoli (Nuova Serie), 5(10), 1–3.
  • Karny, H.H. (1928) Gryllacriden aus verschiedenen deutschen und österreichischen Sammlungen. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 89, 247–312. Available at http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Entomologische-Zeitung-Stettin_89_0247-0312.pdf
  • Karny, H.H. (1930) Revision der Gryllacriden des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien einschließlich der Collection Brunner v. Wattenwyl. 2. Hälfte. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 44, 45–198. Available at http://www.biologiezentrum.at/pdf_frei_remote/ANNA_44_0045-0198.pdf
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  • 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
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  • Guzman, Angulo, A.O. & Delpin, M. (1974) Histomorfologia del sistema nervioso y neurosecretor de Cratomelus armatus Bl. (Orthoptera: Gryllacridiidae). Boletín de la Sociedad de Biología de Concepción, 48, 231–242. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98535#page/245/mode/1up
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  • Angulo, A.O. (2001) Anatomy, development and behaviour of the Chilean Red Cricket, Cratomelus armatus Bl. In The Biology of Wetas, King Crickets and their Allies. Wallingford.
  • Alfaro, F.M., Zuñiga-Reinoso, Á., Muñoz-Ramírez, C. & Elgueta, M. (2015) New records reveal the actual distribution of Cratomelus meritus Gorochov (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae), a giant red cricket from Chile. Neotropical Entomology, 44(2), 194–196.
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  • Alfaro, F.M., Muñoz-Ramírez, C., Zúñiga-Reinoso, Á., Trewick, S.A. & Méndez, M.A. (2018) Phylogeography of the Chilean red cricket Cratomelus armatus (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae) reveals high cryptic diversity in central Chile. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123(4), 712–727.
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  • Cadena-Castañeda, O.J., Castañeda M., D., D., Garay, A., A. & Rincón, W.F. (2022) Studies on chevron crickets: Morphological redescription of Chilean red cricket Cratomelus armatus Blanchard, 1851 (Orthoptera: Anostostomatidae). Zootaxa, 5169(2), 136–146.

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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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Species1078