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Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869)

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Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869): male, lateral view (holotype of Acanthoplus desertorum). (Otu).
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869): male pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Acanthoplus desertorum). (Otu).
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869): male, dorsal view (holotype of Acanthoplus desertorum). (Otu).
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869): male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype of Acanthoplus desertorum). (Otu).
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869): male, frontal view (holotype of Acanthoplus desertorum). (Otu).
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869): male cerci (holotype of Acanthoplus desertorum). (Otu).
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869): male tegmina (holotype of Acanthoplus desertorum). (Otu).
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869): labels (holotype of Acanthoplus desertorum). (Otu).
CollectionObject 1497408; 6c353f14-0264-4356-913d-f99d507d6bad: male, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1497408; 6c353f14-0264-4356-913d-f99d507d6bad: male pronotum, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1497408; 6c353f14-0264-4356-913d-f99d507d6bad: male pronotum, dorsal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1497408; 6c353f14-0264-4356-913d-f99d507d6bad: male, frontal view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1497408; 6c353f14-0264-4356-913d-f99d507d6bad: labels. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1497409; 27b84c19-1911-4cd9-837e-ee1043ed227a: female, lateral view. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1497409; 27b84c19-1911-4cd9-837e-ee1043ed227a: female ovipositor. (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516902; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516902; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e: male head and pronotum, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516902; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e: male dorsal (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516902; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e: male pronotum, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516902; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e: male, frontal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516902; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516904; ceed0b8e-09c1-44ad-a708-4fdbab4de5e4: female, lateral view (holotype of Acanthoplus germanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516904; ceed0b8e-09c1-44ad-a708-4fdbab4de5e4: female ovipositor (holotype of Acanthoplus germanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516904; ceed0b8e-09c1-44ad-a708-4fdbab4de5e4: labels (holotype of Acanthoplus germanus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516905; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9: male, lateral view (holotype of Hetrodes pallidus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516905; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9: male pronotum, lateral view (holotype of Hetrodes pallidus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516905; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9: male, dorsal view (holotype of Hetrodes pallidus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516905; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9: male pronotum, dorsal view (holotype of Hetrodes pallidus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516905; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9: male, frontal view (holotype of Hetrodes pallidus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516905; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9: male cerci (holotype of Hetrodes pallidus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516905; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9: male stridulatory apparatus (holotype of Hetrodes pallidus). (CollectionObject).
CollectionObject 1516905; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9: labels (holotype of Hetrodes pallidus). (CollectionObject).

Type specimen

Syntype; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

Nomenclature (41)

  • Hetrodes discoidalis Walker, 1869: 230.

    Syntype; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa

  • Hetrodes pallidus Walker, 1869: 231.

    Syntype; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);

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  • Acanthoplus armiventris [sic] Péringuey, 1916 (misspelling of Acanthoplus armativentris Péringuey, 1916)
  • Acanthoplus discoidales [sic] Walker, 1869 (misspelling of Hetrodes discoidalis Walker, 1869)

Nomenclature references (24)

  • Chopard, L. (1955) Orthoptera Ensifera. In South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951. Almqvist & Wiksell, Stockholm. Vol. 2, 266–300.
  • Conti, E., Costa, G. & Mulder, C. (2021) Eco-ethology and trait distribution of two congeneric species - different strategies for the pest Acanthoplus discoidalis and the long-legged A. longipes (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). African Entomology, 29(1), 104–111.
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  • Giglio-Tos, E. (1907) Ortotteri Africani. Parte II. Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmodea, Locustodea, Gryllodea. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 22(563), 1–26. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43468#page/125/mode/1up
  • Griffini, A. (1897) Intorno ad alcuni Ortotteri raccolti dal Rev. L. Jalla a kazungula (Alto Zambesi). Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della Royal Università di Torino, 12(290), 1–12. Available at http://books.google.com/books?id=4L0WAAAAYAAJ
  • Heller, K.-G., Chobanov, D.P., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Hemp, C. (2022) Review of song patterns and sound production in armoured ground crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hetrodini) with karyological data and taxonomic notes. Zootaxa, 5120(4), 451–481.
  • Hemp, C. (2019) Armoured Bush Cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869). In Encyclopedia of Pest Orthoptera of the World. China Agricultural University Press, Beijing. pp. 205–207.
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1887) Orthopterologische Beiträge. II. Ueber die Hetrodiden. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 31, 43–72. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/51648#page/113/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1899) Notes on a collection of Gryllidae, Stenopelmatidae; Gryllacridae, and Hetrodidae formed by Mr. W.L. Distant in the Transvaal and other South- and East-African localities. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3, 475–480. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63341#page/515/mode/1up
  • Kirby, W.F. (1899) Notes on the family Hetrodidae, with a list of the described species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 3, 97–102, 141–146. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/63341#page/111/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
  • Kowalski, K.N. & Lakes-Harlan, R. (2011) Temporal patterns of intra- and interspecific acoustic signals differ in two closely related species of Acanthoplus (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hetrodinae). Zoology, 114(1), 29–35.
  • Kowalski, K.N. & Lakes-Harlan, R. (2013) The acoustic communication system in six species of armoured ground crickets (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Hetrodinae): Commonalities and species-specific differences. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 252(2), 204–216. Available at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0044523112000368
  • La Greca, M. & Messina, A. (1990) Le specie di Acanthoplus Stal 1873 della Namibia e loro variabilita intraspecifica (Insecta, Orthoptera, Hetrodidae). Animalia (Catania), 16, 5–19. [1989]
  • Mviha, P.J.Z., Holt, J. & Green, S.V. (2021) Armoured bush cricket, Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker) (Orthoptera: tettigoniidae) outbreak prediction using rainfall patterns in three zones of Botswana. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. Available at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs42690-021-00627-z
  • Naskrecki, P. (2005) In The Smaller Majority. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 278 pp.
  • Passerin d' Entrèves, P. (1981) In Cataloghi IV - Collezioni Ortotterologiche del Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Torino. Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Torino. 1–127 pp.
  • Picker, M., Griffiths, C. & Weaving, A. (2005) In Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers, South Africa. 444 pp.
  • Power, J.H. (1958) On the biology of Acanthoplus bechuanus Per. (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 2, 376–381.
  • Péringuey, L. (1916) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in the collection of the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 15(6), 401–452, pl. 42. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1552258
  • Uvarov, B.P. (1928) Notes on the types of Othoptera described by Dr. L. Peringuey. Annals of the South African Museum, 25(2), 341–357. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/126046#page/421/mode/1up
  • Walker, F. (1869) In Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum. London. Vol. 2, 225–423 pp. Available at http://www.archive.org/details/catalogueofspeci02britrich
  • Weidner, H. (1941) Die Hetrodinae des Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museums und Instituts. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 134, 268–295.
  • Weidner, H. (1955) Die Hetrodinae (Orthoptera, Saltatoria). Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut, 53, 110–166.
  • Weidner, H. (1955) Über einige interessante Insekten (Lepidoptera, Orthoptera, Isoptera) aus Angola. Entomologische Zeitschrift, 65, 169–181, 189–192, 201–207.
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Asserted distribution
Collection object
Type material

Descendants and synonyms

  • Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869)
    • =Acanthoplus armativentris Péringuey, 1916
    • =Acanthoplus armiventris [sic] Péringuey, 1916
    • =Acanthoplus bechuanus Péringuey, 1916
    • =Acanthoplus desertorum Kirby, 1899
    • =Acanthoplus discoidales [sic] Walker, 1869
    • =Acanthoplus germanus Kirby, 1899
    • =Acanthoplus jallae Griffini, 1897
    • =Hetrodes pallidus Walker, 1869
    • =Acanthoplus serratus Kirby, 1899
Life zone and ecology data

Terrestrial. Very dry, sparsely vegetated habitats, including Kalahari and Namib deserts, Succulent and Nama Karoo as well as Fynbos biomes.

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Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869)

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