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species Holocerus lucifer (Serville, 1838)

• Common name(s):  Northern Devil's Pygmy Grasshopper
• Images: (6) See all images

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• Links:
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Rainforest.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (10):
  • Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 758   >> Tetrix lucifer    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:71651
  • Millot & Maindron. 1870. Nouveau Larousse illustré 5:296 >> Tetrix lucifer
  • Bolívar, I. 1887. Ann. Soc. Entom. Belgique 31:231-232   >> Holocerus lucifer    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:71650
  • Kirby, W.F. 1910. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 3(2):28   >> Holocerus lucifer
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1929[1930]. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 81:493 >> Holocerus lucifer
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1937. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 89:320 >> Holocerus lucifer
  • Günther, K. 1939. Abh. Mus. Tierkd. Völkerkd., (A) Zool. (N.F.) 20 (NF Bd.1):91 >> Holocerus lucifer
  • Günther, K. 1974. Bulletin Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (Zool. 3e ser) 236 (Zool. 160):966   >> Holocerus lucifer
  • Vanschuytbroeck. 1980. Bull. Inst. Royale Sci. Nat. Belg. 52(22):14   >> Holocerus lucifer
  • Skejo, Medak, Pavlovic, Kitonic, Miko & Franjevic. 2020. ZooKeys 957:5   >> Holocerus lucifer
• Scrutiny:
  • Braun, 2020, The Rehn references correspond to H. devriesei Skejo et al. 2020.
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Western Indian Ocean, Madagascar
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  MNHN Paris

• synonym taurus Rehn, 1929

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