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Orthoptera Species File
Genus

Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896

Type

type species by original monotypy of Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896

Nomenclature (8)

  • Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896: 346.

    type species by original monotypy Philoscirtus cordipennis Karsch, 1896

  • Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896 in Bolívar, 1903: 169.
  • Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896 in Otte, 1997: 108.
  • Philoscirtus Karsch, 1896 in Hemp, Heller, Warchalowska-Sliwa & Hemp, 2015: 274.

References (8)

  • Karsch, F.A.F. (1896) Neue Orthopteren aus dem tropischen Afrika. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 57, 242–359. Available at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/36013#page/250/mode/1up
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Chopard, L. (1954) La Réserve naturelle intégrale du Mt. Nimba, III. Orthoptères Ensifères. Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Afrique Noire, 40(2), 25–97.
  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • Otte, D. (1997) Orthoptera Species File 7. Tettigonioidea. The Orthopterists' Society and The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 373 pp.
  • Hemp, C., Heller, K.-G., Warchalowska-Sliwa, E. & Hemp, A. (2015) A new species of Philoscirtus (Orthoptera: Phaneropteridae: Mecopodinae) from the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania and its conservation status. Zootaxa, 3905(2), 273–282.

Descendants and synonyms

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Summary of taxonomic names by rank, showing valid extant names, fossil names, invalid names, and total counts.
TaxonValid names
RankExtantFossilInvalidTotal
Genus1001
Species2002
Subspecies2013