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Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869)

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

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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