subspecies

Macroscirtus kanguroo kanguroo Pictet, 1888

CollectionObject 1505744; a1647510-cad0-42bf-add2-13e0df0dc68b: male, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505744; a1647510-cad0-42bf-add2-13e0df0dc68b: male pronotum, dorsal view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505744; a1647510-cad0-42bf-add2-13e0df0dc68b: male cerci (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1505744; a1647510-cad0-42bf-add2-13e0df0dc68b: labels (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506501; 12738539-0e6d-4263-82fc-a14acfa433f1: male, lateral view (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506501; 12738539-0e6d-4263-82fc-a14acfa433f1: male face (syntype). (CollectionObject).

CollectionObject 1506501; 12738539-0e6d-4263-82fc-a14acfa433f1: labels (syntype with folded wings). (CollectionObject).

Nomenclature (14)

Macroscirtus kanguroo Pictet, 1888: 14.
Syntype; male; a1647510-cad0-42bf-add2-13e0df0dc68b; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Gabon. Syntype; male; 12738539-0e6d-4263-82fc-a14acfa433f1; deposited at: Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva, Switzerland (MHNG); Gabon
Euthypoda kanguroo (Pictet, 1888) in Kirby, 1891: 409.
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Macroscirtus kanguroo kanguroo Pictet, 1888 in Simeu-Noutchom, Heller, Zang Affa'a, Wandji & Mbadjoun Nziké, 2022: 137.
Macroscirtus kanguroo kanguroo Pictet, 1888 in Massa, 2025: 60.

References (14)

Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
Bruner, L. (1920) Orthoptera from Africa, being a report upon some Saltatoria mainly from Cameroon contained in the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 13, 92–142. [1919] Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38118
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Caudell, A.N. (1916) Orthoptera Fam. Locustidae. Subfam. Mecopodinae. In Genera Insectorum. P. Wytsman [Ed.]. V. Verteneuil & L. Desmet, Bruxelles. Vol. 171, 1–32, pls 1–4. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/105422#page/57/mode/1up

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

Hollier, J.A. (2011) An annotated list of the Orthoptera (Insecta) species described by Alphonse Pictet (alone, and with Henri de Saussure) with an account of the primary type material present in the Muséum d’histoire naturelle in Geneva. Revue Suisse de Zoologie, 118(2), 345–400. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43718437

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. (1896) A list of the Orthoptera, Hymenoptera, and Hemiptera collected by Miss Kingsley on the river Ogové, with descriptins of some new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 18, 257–269. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/53362#page/268/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

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

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.
Vanschuytbroeck, P. (1972) Catalogue des Tettigoniidae conservés dans les collections entomologiques de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (1re Partie). Ephippigerinae, Pycnogastrinae, Bradyporinae, Hetrodinae, Acridoxeninae, Meconematinae, Mecopodinae et Phyllophorinae; 2 Liste du matériel typique. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, 48, 1–18. Available at http://biblio.naturalsciences.be/rbins-publications/bulletins-de-linstitut-royal-des-sciences-naturelles-de-belgique-entomologie/48-1972/entomo48-art1.pdf

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
Taxon	Valid names
Rank	Extant	Fossil	Invalid	Total
subspecies	1	0	3	4