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species Meroncidius obscurus Serville, 1831

• Images: (11) See all images

  specimen

• Links:
  • Specimens in MNHN Paris
• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (6):
  • Serville. 1831. Ann. Sci. nat. 22(86):150   >> Meroncidius obscurus    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:4661
  • Serville. 1838[1839]. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Orthoptères 449   >> Meroncidius obscurus
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:322   >> Meroncidius obscurus
  • Beier. 1960. Tierreich 74:62 >> Meroncidius obscurus
  • Beier. 1963. Orthopterorum Catalogus 5:138 >> Meroncidius obscurus
  • Chamorro-Rengifo, Cadena-Castañeda, Braun, Montealegre-Z., R.I. Romero, Serna Marquez & R. González. 2011. Zootaxa 3023:30   >> Meroncidius obscurus
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Southern America, Northern South America, French Guiana
  • Kind of type:  holotype
  • Specimen category:  female
  • Location of type:  MNHN Paris

• synonym indistinctus Walker, 1870
• synonym marginatus Walker, 1870

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