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

References (8)

  • Beier, M. (1966) Tettigoniidae: Subfam. Meconematinae, Mecopodinae, Phyllophorinae. In Orthopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 9, 247–342 pp.
  • 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
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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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.

Descendants and synonyms

Stats

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