Erucius magnificus

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Erucius magnificus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Caelifera
Superfamily: Eumastacoidea
Family: Chorotypidae
Subfamily: Eruciinae
Genus: Erucius
Species:
E. magnificus
Binomial name
Erucius magnificus
Rehn JAG, 1904
Synonyms

Erucius vitreusBrunner von Wattenwyl, 1898 [1] [2]

Erucius magnificus [1] [3] [4] is a species of 'monkey grasshopper' in the family Chorotypidae, with no subspecies listed in the Catalogue of Life. [5] The type locality was in Borneo (Labuan Is.) and current records also include Vietnam. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kirby WF (1910), A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae), British Museum (Natural History), London 3(2): 674 pp.
  2. Brunner von Wattenwyl (1898) Orthopteren des Malayischen Archipels gesammelt von Prof. Dr. W. Kükenthal in den Jahren 1893 and 1894, Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft (Abh. Senckenb. Natforsch. Ges.) 24(2): 193-288, pl. 16-20
  3. Rehn JAG (1904) Studies in the Orthopterous subfamilies Acrydiinae (Tettiginae), Eumastacinae and Proscopinae, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad.) 56: 658-683
  4. Bolívar C (1930) Monografía de los eumastácidos (Orth. Acrid.). Primera Parte, Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Serie Zoológica) (Trab. Mus. Cienc. nat., Madrid (Ser. zool.)) 46:xxxii, 380 pp.
  5. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  6. Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0): Erucius (Erucius) magnificus Rehn, 1904