Orthoptera Species File (Version 5.0/5.0)
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Taxa hierarchy
subfamily
Orthacridinae
Bolívar, 1905
tribe
Nereniini
Kevan, 1964
genus
Megra
Campion, 1923
synonym
Brachycercus
Willemse, 1922
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:39220
Nomenclatural details: Preoccupied (Nomen novum is
Megra
), Not
Brachycercus
of Curtis, 1834 (Ephemeroptera)
Citations (7):
Willemse, C. 1922. Nova Guinea 13, Zool. 5:718 >>
Brachycercus
urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:39220
Campion. 1923. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 9 11:518
>> Note: synonym (new name) >>
Megra
Willemse, C. 1957. Publ. natuurhist. Genootsch. Limburg 10:1 >> Note: synonym >>
Megra
Kevan, D.K.M. 1966. Pacific Insects 8(3):695 >> Note: synonym >>
Megra
Kevan, D.K.M., Akbar & Y.C. Chang. 1971. Eos 46:182
>> Note: synonym >>
Megra
Kevan, D.K.M. [Ed.]. 1977. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 16:104 >> Note: synonym >>
Megra
Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 3:13 >> Note: synonym >>
Megra
Type species:
Brachycercus flavum
Willemse, C. (=
Megra flava
), by original monotypy
No first use as family-group name is recorded in the database.
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