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genus Pyrgacris Descamps, 1968

• Distribution:
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• Ecology:
  • Terrestrial. Associated with endemic palm species, mostly Acanthophoenix.
• Citations (7):
  • Descamps. 1968. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 73:52   >> Pyrgacris    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:46179
  • Kevan, D.K.M. 1974. In Eades & D.K.M. Kevan. The phallic musculature of Pyrgomorphidae, with particular reference to Atractomorpha sinensis sinensis Bolivar, and notes on the family Tristiridae and the subfamily Pyrgacridinae, nov. (Orthoptera: Acridoidea). Acrida 3(4):262 >> Note: Designated type genus of Pyrgacridinae
  • Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:29
  • Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 3:30 >> Pyrgacris
  • Yin, X.-C., J. Shi & Z. Yin. 1996. Synonymic Catalogue of Grasshoppers and their Allies of the World (Orthoptera: Caelifera) 600 >> Pyrgacris
  • Hugel. 2005. Bull. Soc. entomol. Fr. 110(2):153-159   >> Pyrgacris
  • Hugel. 2014. Zootaxa 3900(3):403 >> Pyrgacris
• Type species:  Pyrgacris relictus Descamps, by monotypy and original designation
• The first family-group name based on this genus is Pyrgacridinae Kevan, D.K.M., 1974.

• species descampsi Kevan, 1976
• species relictus Descamps, 1968

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