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genus

Colossopus Saussure, 1899

Type

Colossopus grandidieri Saussure, 1899 type species by original monotypy of Colossopus Saussure, 1899

Nomenclature (10)

  • Colossopus Saussure, 1899: 627.

    type species by original monotypy Colossopus grandidieri Saussure, 1899

  • Colossopus Saussure, 1899 in Karny, 1907: 79.
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  • Colossopus Saussure, 1899 in Ünal & Beccaloni, 2008
  • Colossopus Saussure, 1899 in Ünal & Beccaloni, 2017: 214.

Nomenclature references (8)

  • de Saussure, H. (1899) Orthoptera. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Reisen in Madagaskar und Ostafrika in den Jahren 1889-95 von Dr. A. Voeltzkow. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 21, 567–664. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/85045#page/613/mode/1up
  • Gorochov, A.V. (1988) Classification and phylogeny of Tettigonioidea (Gryllida=Orthoptera, Tettigonioidea) [in Russian]. In Cretaceous Biocoenotic Crisis and the Evolution of Insects. Nauka, Moscow. pp. 145–190. Available at http://paleoentomology.ru/publ/books/crisis-1988.pdf
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  • 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]
  • 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. Agraeciinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 141, 1–47 pp. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/123361#page/7/mode/1up
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Ünal, M. & Beccaloni, G. (2008) Lectotype designation for the type species of Colossopus, C. grandidieri Saussure, 1899 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae). Phasmid Studies, 17(1), 34–35. Available at http://phasmid-study-group.org/sites/phasmid-study-group.org/files/Unal%20%20Beccaloni%20%282008%29%20Phasmid%20Studies,%2017%281%29%2034-35..pdf
  • Ünal, M. & Beccaloni, G. (2017) Revision of the Madagascan genera Oncodopus Brongniart and Colossopus Saussure (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Conocephalinae; Euconchophorini), with description of Malagasopus gen. nov. Zootaxa, 4341(2), 193–228.

Descendants and synonyms

Gender, form, and etymology
Etymology:

From Greek κολοσσός (large) and πούς (foot), relating to the enlarged fore femora.

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