56 research outputs found
Three new genera and species of the family Pneumoridae (Orth. Acridoidea)
In 1962, the South African entomologist H. Dick Brown, sent me
photographs of two curious insects. The study of these photographs,
and later the insects themselves, proved that they represent a most
peculiar new genus of the family Pneumoridae.Peer reviewe
Revision of western palaearctic species of the genus Acrida linne (Orthoptera, acrididae).
Número enero-junioAccording to literature, Acrida turrita L. is a species occuring
throughout Africa, Southern Europe and Asia, Malayan Archipelago
and Australia. Such an enormous distribution area suggests
that the name has been applied to several species. A revision
based mainly on the material of the British Museum from
the Western part of Palaearctic region has shown that A. turrita
L. is restricted to North Africa, whereas in Europe, Asia and
Australia there occur a number of very distinct species, onlv few
of which have been previouslv described.Peer reviewe
A contribution to the fauna of Acrididae of Syria and neighbouring countries
1 mapa.Número enero-junioThis article is the result of working out the material collected
by the members of the Middle East Biological Studies Scheme,
G. II. Q., Middle East Forces, in 1944-1945 (referred to in the
text as M. E. B. S. S.) and presented to the British Museum
by Dr..H. B. Scott, and of some collections made by other persons,
particularly by Mr. E. S. Brown, who visited Syria and Iraq in
1946 while attached to the Middle Fast Anti-Locust Unit.Peer reviewe
Revision of the group Truxales (Orthoptera, acrididae)
Tomo extraordinario con motivo del 25 aniversario de la revista. Enlace a la introducción y prólogo del tomo: http://hdl.handle.net/10261/151769.The original aim of this revision was the genus Truxalis Fabr.
1775, but during the work it became necessary to include all
related genera, which form one well defined group named Truxales.Peer reviewe
Patanga Uvarov, 1923 (Insecta, Orthoptera): proposed designation of a type-species under the plenary powers Z.N.(S.) 1761
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Note on three aberrant genera of Acridoidea from South and Central America (Orthoptera)
There are several genera of Acridoidea in South and Central America
the systematic positions of which are obscure. They have usually
been referred by authors to the subfamily Catantopinae and placed
into one or other group of genera of this subfamily ; subsequent authors
have put them into other groups and thus they are still wandering from
one group to another.
Recently the opportunity arose to study the genitalia, particularly
the phallic complex, of three of these genera. The result of this study
does not help, however, to place them definitely into groups, but it does
indicate the groups in which they cannot he placed.
To create for each of these genera a separate, monogeneric taxon
of the status of tribe, subfamily or family, would be premature in the
present state of our knowledge of the Acridoidea fauna of South and
Central America, which is probably less studied than that of any other
region of the 'World. Further study of Acridoidea in this region will
doubtless produce many more genera and species which would help to
classify them more correctly.Peer reviewe
Tree locusts of the genus Anacridium (Orthoptera, Acricliclae)
Número enero-marzoThe genus Anacridium was established by Uvarov in 1923
to include three species and one subspecies. Since then, abundant
material of specimens of this genus became available and a more
comprehensive revision can now be undertaken. Such a revision
is greatly neecled because of considerable confusion with regard
to some previously known and common species, arid in order to
include those recently described and new ones. Another reason
for the revision is the actual, or potential, economic importance
of some of the species. The available information on the ecology,
life-histories and habits of Anacridium species includes some
points of general interest and we thought it worth while to
summarise it.Peer reviewe
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