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Taxa hierarchy
subfamily
Tridactylinae
Brullé, 1835
genus
Xya
Latreille, 1809
species
capensis
(Saussure, 1877)
subspecies
Xya
capensis
capensis
(Saussure, 1877)
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:72465
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (8):
Saussure. 1877. Mem. Soc. Phys. Hist. Nat. Geneve 25(1):50 218 [50]
>>
Tridactylus
capensis
Saussure. 1896. Revue Suisse de Zool. 4:417
>>
Tridactylus
capensis
Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:9
>>
Tridactylus
capensis
Günther, K.K. 1974. Revue Suisse de Zool. 81(4):1035
>> Note: redescription >>
Tridactylus
capensis
Günther, K.K. 1980. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 27(1-3):168 >>
Xya
capensis
capensis
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:72465
Günther, K.K. 1995. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 42(2):248, 250 >>
Xya
capensis
capensis
Hollier & Heads. 2012. Revue Suisse de Zool. 119(2):153
>> Note: 3 male and 1 female syntypes >>
Xya
capensis
capensis
Burrows & G.P. Sutton. 2012. Current Biology 22(23)
>>
Xya
capensis
See species
capensis
for additional information.
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Province, Cape of Good Hope
Kind of type: syntypes
Specimen category: 3 males, female
Location of type: MHNG Geneva Museum
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