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species Physemacris variolosa (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Common name(s):  Silver spotted bladder grasshopper
• Images: (7) See all images
• Links:
  • The Linnean Collections (The Linnean Society of London)
  • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (20):
  • Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna tria naturae (10th ed.) 1:427   >> Gryllus (Bulla) variolosus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:36651
  • Linnaeus. 1767. Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae 1, pt. 2:693   >> Gryllus (Bulla) variolosus
  • Fabricius. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus 827   >> Gryllus variolosus
  • Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 717   >> Pneumora (Pneumora) variolosa    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:36652
  • Walker, F. 1870. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 4:799   >> Pneumora variolosa
  • Roberts, H.R. 1941. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 67:19   >> Physemacris variolosa    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:36650
  • Rehn, J.A.G. 1941. Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 67:154   >> Bulla variolosa    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:497105
  • Smart. 1953. Proc. zool. Soc. London 123(1):199-202, 1 pl. >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 32 >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Dirsh. 1956. Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. London 108(7):238, 272 >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Dirsh. 1956. In Hanstrom, Brinck & Rudebeck. South African Animal Life: Results of the Lund University Expedition in 1950-1951 3:122, 251 >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Dirsh. 1957. Proc. R. Ent. Soc. London (A) 32:107, 109 >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Dirsh. 1965. The African Genera of Acridoidea 37 >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Dirsh. 1965. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 15(10):371   >> Physemacris variolosus
  • Johnston, H.B. 1968. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers Suppl:37 >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Marshall, J.A. 1983. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 78(4):394 >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 2:141 >> Physemacris variolosa
  • Couldridge & van Staaden. 2004. J. Exp. Biol. 207:2777-2786   >> Physemacris variolosus
  • Picker, M., Griffiths & Weaving. 2005. Field Guide to Insects of Southern Africa 92 >> Physemacris variolosus
  • Sheffield, Hiatt, Valentine, H. Song & Whiting. 2010. Mitochondrial DNA 21(3-4):87-104 >> Physemacris variolosa
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: "In Indiis"
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  UZIU Uppsala

• synonym maculata (Thunberg, 1775)
• synonym marmorata (Thunberg, 1810)
• synonym spinulosa (Thunberg, 1810)

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