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synonym Locusta bicolor Walker, 1869

• Nomenclatural details:   Junior synonym
• Images: One or more images of a type are included with the valid name.
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (5):
  • Walker, F. 1869. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera Saltatoria in the Collection of the British Museum 2:286   >> Note: no locality data >> Locusta bicolor    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:938
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:222   >> Note: synonym >> Terpandrus horridus
  • Caudell. 1916. Genera Insectorum 167:9   >> Terpandrus horridus
  • Rentz, D.C.F. & Balderson. 1979. CSIRO Entomol. Tech. Paper 15:5 >> Terpandrus horridus
  • Rentz, D.C.F. [Ed.]. 2001. A Monograph of the Tettigoniidae of Australia 3:32   >> Note: in Terpandrus horridus section, Locusta bicolor as syn. of M. speculatum (type of L. bicolor examined) >> Megatympanon speculatum
• Scrutiny:
  • Braun, 2009, Should be moved under Megatymponum speculatum, of which it would be a senior synonym; should it then be treated as nomen oblitum?
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality:
  • Kind of type:  unspecified primary type
  • Location of type:  BMNH London NH Mus.

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