Phaulacridium otagoense

Phaulacridium otagoense

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acridoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Supercohort: Polyneoptera Ordo: Orthoptera Subordo: Caelifera Infraordo: Acrididea Superfamilia: Acridoidea

Familia: Acrididae
Subfamilia: Catantopinae
Tribus: Catantopini
Subtribus: Perbelliina
Genus: Phaulacridium
Species: Phaulacridium otagoense

Name

• Phaulacridium otagoense Westerman, 1983
  • Authority for current placement: original
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Primary type: lectotype
    • Fixation: designated by Key, 1992: 212
    • Description: [adult] male
    • Repository: BMNH
  • Type locality: "NEW ZEALAND: South Island. Omarama, 170°02'E 44°30'S, 490 m"

References

Primary references

• Key, K.H.L. 1992: Taxonomy of the genus Phaulacridium and a related new genus (Orthoptera: Acrididae). Invertebrate taxonomy, 6 (1): 197–243. DOI: 10.1071/IT9920197 [lectotype designation, see p. 212]
• Westerman, M. 1983: Chiasma frequency and variability of morphological characters in populations of two grasshopper species. Heredity, 51: 501–506. DOI: 10.1038/hdy.1983.61 [inadvertent first availability, see p. 502]

selected references

• Westerman, M.; Ritchie, J.M. 1984: The taxonomy, distribution and origins of two species of Phaulacridium (Orthoptera: Acrididae) in the South Island of New Zealand. Biological journal of the Linnean Society, 21 (3): 283–298. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1984.tb00366.x [see p. 287, as Phaulacridium otagoense Ritchie & Westerman sp. nov.]