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Taxa hierarchy
subfamily
Acridinae
MacLeay, 1821
tribe
Acridini
MacLeay, 1821
genus
Acrida
Linnaeus, 1758
species
Acrida
maxima
Karny, 1907
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:52438
Distribution:
Ecology:
Terrestrial.
Specimen records
are available.
Citations (6):
Karny. 1907. S.B. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Nat. Kl. (Abt. 1) 116:373
>>
Acrida
maxima
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:52438
Dirsh & Uvarov. 1953. Tijdschr. v. Entomologie 96:232
>> Note: synonym >>
Acrida
turrita
Dirsh. 1954. Bull. Soc. Fouad 1er d'Ent. 38:127 >> Note: synonym >>
Acrida
turrita
Johnston, H.B. 1956. Annotated catalogue of African grasshoppers 660 >> Note: synonym >>
Acrida
turrita
Harz. 1975. Ser. Entomol. 11:425 >> Note: synonym >>
Acrida
turrita
Jago. 1996. Jour. Orth. Res. 5:126 >> Note: restored from synonymy >>
Acrida
maxima
Type specimen information:
Type locality: Africa, Northeast Tropical Africa, Sudan, Khor Attar
Kind of type: holotype
Specimen category: male
Location of type: BMNH London NH Mus.
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