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synonym Platacanthus Walker, 1870

• Nomenclatural details:   Preoccupied (Nomen novum is Platacanthoides), Not Platacanthus of Fischer de Waldheim, 1849 (Pisces)
• Citations:
  • Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 4:714   >> Platacanthus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:48950
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 427 >> Note: synonym >> Platacanthoides
  • Otte, D. 1995. Orthoptera Species File 4:172 >> Note: synonym >> Platacanthoides
• Type species:  Platacanthus morosus Walker, F., by original designation
• No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.

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