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genus

Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888

Type

Macroscirtus kanguroo Pictet, 1888 type species by original monotypy of Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888

Nomenclature (13)

  • Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888: 13. (valid)

    type species by original monotypy Macroscirtus kanguroo Pictet, 1888

  • Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (subjective synonym of Mecopoda (Euthypoda) Karsch, 1886) in Kirby, 1891: 409.
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  • Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 in Simeu-Noutchom, Heller, Zang Affa'a, Wandji & Mbadjoun Nziké, 2022: 133, 134, 141.
  • Macroscyrtus [sic] Pictet, 1888 (synonym of Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888) in Simeu-Noutchom, Heller, Zang Affa'a, Wandji & Mbadjoun Nziké, 2022: 134.

Nomenclature references (11)

  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • Bolívar, I. (1893) Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et aout 1886. Orthoptères. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 62, 169–185, pl. 1. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/34137#page/175/mode/1up
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  • Bolívar, I. (1903) Contributions a l'étude des Mecopodinae. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici, 1, 161–178. Available at http://publication.nhmus.hu/pdf/annHNHM/Annals_HNHM_1903_Vol_1_161.pdf
  • Griffini, A. (1906) Ortotteri raccolti da Leonardo Fea nell'Africa occidentale. 1. Hetrodidi, Conocephalidi, Meconemidi, Pseudophyllidi, Mecopodidi e Fanerotteridi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 3(2), 358–397. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/137853#page/366/mode/1up
  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1892) Übersicht der von Dr. Paul Preuss auf der Barombi-Station in Kamerun gesammelten Locustodeen. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 36(2), 317–346. [1891] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/101306
  • Kirby, W.F. (1891) Notes on the orthopterous family Mecopodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 405–412. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105347#page/505/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
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Pictet, A. (1888) Locustides nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée de Genève. Mémoires de la Société de Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle de Genève, 30(6), 1–84. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/50100#page/664/mode/1up
  • Redtenbacher, J. (1892) Monographische Uebersicht der Mecopodiden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 42, 183–224. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/48404#page/305/mode/1up
  • Simeu-Noutchom, A., Heller, K.-G., Zang Affa'a, G., Wandji, A.C. & Mbadjoun Nziké, M. (2022) Review of the genus Macroscirtus Pictet, 1888 (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 5188(2), 133–144.
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