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Orthoptera Species File
genus

Acanthoscirtes Hemp, 2012

thorny meadow hoppers

Type

type species by original designation of

Nomenclature (2)

  • Acanthoscirtes Hemp, 2012 in Hemp, Kehl, Heller, Wägele & Hemp, 2012: 391.

    type species by original designation Phlesirtes kevani Chopard, 1954

  • Acanthoscirtes Hemp, 2012 in Hemp, 2021: 77.

Nomenclature references (2)

  • Hemp, C. (2021) In A Field Guide to the Bushcrickets, Wetas and Raspy Crickets of Tanzania and Kenya. Senckenberg. 451 pp.
  • Hemp, C., Kehl, S., Heller, K.-G., Wägele, J.W. & Hemp, A. (2012) Ecological adaptations of grassland-inhabiting flightless Orthoptera: Fulvoscirtes and Acanthoscirtes, two new genera of African Karniellina (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae, Conocephalinae, Conocephalini). Systematic Entomology, 37, 387–407.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon Valid names
Rank Extant Fossil Invalid Total
genus1001
species3025