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Genus

Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898

Type

type species by original monotypy of Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898

Nomenclature (41)

  • Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898: 207.

    type species by original monotypy Ruspolia pygmaea Schulthess, 1898

  • Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898 in Kirby, 1906: 240.
  • Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898 in Naskrecki & Guta, 2019: 24.
  • Ruspolia Schulthess, 1898 in Massa, 2025: 17.

References (35)

  • Schulthess, A.von (1898) Orthoptères du Pays des Somalis, recueillis par L. Robecchi-Brichetti en 1891 et par le Prince E. Ruspoli en 1892-93. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 39, 161–216. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/33431#page/169/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
  • Karny, H.H. (1907) Revisio Conocephalidarum. Abhandlungen der K.K. Zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft Wien, 4(3), 1–114. Available at http://www.landesmuseum.at/biophp/de/band_det.php?litnr=29695
  • Karny, H.H. (1912) Orthoptera. Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Copiphorinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 139, 50 pp., 6 pls. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/138357#page/7/mode/1up
  • Bruner, L. (1915) Notes on tropical American Tettigonoidea (Locustodea). Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 9(3-4), 284–404. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/annalsofcarnegie09carn
  • Chopard, L. (1922) Orthoptères et dermaptères. In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 3, 212 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1093568
  • Karny, H.H. (1926) Beiträge zur malayischen Orthopterenfauna XV. Die Conocephalinen (s. l.) des Buitenzorger Museums. Hortus Botanicus Bogoriensis, Java (Treubia), 9(1-3), 162–254.
  • Zeuner, F.E. (1936) The prothoracic tracheal apparatus of Saltatoria (Orthoptera). Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (A), 11(1-2), 11–22.
  • Uchida, T. & Hukusima, S. (1948) Morphologische und ökologische Untersuchung von Homorocoryphus jezoensis. Oyo Kontyu, Tokyo, 4, 196–209. [in Japanese]
  • Chopard, L. (1951) Orthoptéroïdes. In Faune de France. Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris. Vol. 56, 359 pp. Available at http://faunedefrance.org/bibliotheque/docs/L.CHOPARD%28FdeFr56%29Orthopteroides.pdf
  • Kevan, D.K.M.E. & Knipper, H. (1955) Zur Systematik, Biologie, insbesondere Schwarmbildung, und Morphometrie afrikanischer Homorocoryphus (Orth. Tettigon. Conocephalidae). Veröffentlichungen aus dem Übersee-Museum Bremen (A), 2, 277–318.
  • Hukusima, S. (1956) Notes on the genus Homorocoryphus Karny in Japan (Orthoptera, Tettigoniidae). Bulletin of the Faculty of Agriculture, 2, 5–9.
  • Maran, J. (1965) Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Taxonomie, Ökologie und geographischen Verbreitung von Homorocoryphus nitidulus (Scop.) in der Tschechoslovakei (Orthoptera - Tettigonioidea). Sb. faun. Prace ent. Odd. nar. Mus. Praze, 11, 307–326.
  • Harz, K. (1969) Die Orthopteren Europas I. Series Entomologica, 5, 1–749.
  • Bailey, W.J. & Robinson, D. (1971) Song as a possible isolating mechanism in the genus Homorocoryphus (Tettigonioidea, Orthoptera). Animal Behaviour, 19, 390–397.
  • Piza, S.de T., Jr. (1971) Copiphorideo novo (Orthoptera). Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), 46(1). Available at http://www.fealq.org.br/ojs/index.php/revistadeagricultura/article/view/2069
  • Piza, S.de T., Jr. (1973) Mais um Copiphorídeo (Orthoptera). Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), 48(1). Available at http://www.fealq.org.br/ojs/index.php/revistadeagricultura/article/view/262
  • Lewis, D.B. (1974) The physiology of the tettigoniid ear. Journal of Experimental Biology, 60, 821–869.
  • Bailey, W.J. (1975) A review of the African species of the genus Ruspolia Schulthess (Orthoptera: Tettigonioidea). Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. Série A: Sciences Naturelles, 37(1), 171–226.
  • Paschoal, A.D. & Barros, O.N.F. (1977) Catálogo dos tipos depositados no Museu de Zoologia da Escola Superior de Agricultura "Luiz de Queiroz", I: Insecta. Revista de Agricultura (Piracicaba), 52(4), 237–251.
  • Bailey, W.J. & McCrae, A.W.R. (1978) The general biology and phenology of swarming in the East African tettigoniid Ruspolia differens (Serville) (Orthoptera). Journal of Natural History, 12(3), 259–288.
  • Pinedo, C. (1985) Los Tettigoniidae de la Península Ibérica, España insular y norte de Africa. II. Subfamilia Conocephalinae Kirby, 1906 (Orthoptera). Eos, Revista española de Entomología, 60, 267–280. [1984] Available at http://hdl.handle.net/10261/170401
  • Jin, X. & Xia, K.-L. (1994) An index-catalogue of Chinese Tettigoniodea (Orthopteroidea: Grylloptera). Journal of Orthoptera Research, 3, 15–41.
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  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Defaut, B. (2001) Actualisation taxonomique et nomenclaturale du "Synopsis des orthoptères de France". Matériaux Orthoptériques et Entomocénotiques, 6, 107–112.
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. (2004) Long-horned orthopterans (Orthoptera: Ensifera) of the Asiatic part of Russia. Dalnauka, Vladivostok, 280 pp. [in Russian]
  • Storozhenko, S.Y. & Paik, J. (2007) Orthoptera of Korea.
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  • Massa, B., Fontana, P., Buzzetti, F.M., Kleukers, R.M.J.C. & Odé, B. (2012) Fauna d'Italia. Orthoptera. Calderini, Bologna, Vol. 48, 563 pp.
  • Zhou, Z.-J., Li, R.-L., Huang, D.-W. & Shi, F. (2012) Molecular identification supports most traditional morphological species of Ruspolia (Orthoptera : Conocephalinae). Invertebrate Systematics, 26(5-6), 451–456.
  • Heller, K.-G., Hemp, C., Liu, C. & Volleth, M. (2014) Taxonomic, bioacoustic and faunistic data on a collection of Tettigonioidea from eastern Congo (Insecta: Orthoptera). Zootaxa, 3785(3), 343–376.
  • Storozhenko, S.Y., Kim, T. & Jeon, M.-J. (2015) Monograph of Korean Orthoptera. National Institute of Biological Resources, Incheon, 377 pp.
  • Naskrecki, P. & Guta, R. (2019) Katydids (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) of Gorongosa National Park and Central Mozambique. Zootaxa, 4682(1), 1–119.
  • Massa, B. (2025) Diversity of Leaf Katydids of Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo, Central Tropical Africa (Insecta: Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Insects, 16(3: 241), 1–71. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects16030241

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

Dedicated to the Italian explorer and naturalist Eugenio Ruspoli (1866–1893).

Stats

Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1023
Species410122163
Subspecies4037