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synonym Gryllotalpa fossor Scudder, 1869

• Nomenclatural details:   Junior synonym
• Specimen records are available.
• Citations (9):
  • Scudder, S.H. 1869. Mem. Peab. acad. sc. 1:21   >> Gryllotalpa fossor    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:25137
  • Scudder, S.H. 1897[1896]. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 27(12):215   >> Gryllotalpa fossor
  • Kirby, W.F. 1906. A Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera (Orthoptera Saltatoria, Locustidae vel Acridiidae) 2:6   >> Curtilla fossor    urn:lsid:Orthoptera.speciesfile.org:TaxonName:25138
  • Chopard. 1954. Verh. naturforsch. Ges. Basel 65:32 >> Gryllotalpa fossor
  • Chopard. 1960. Eos 36:390   >> Gryllotalpa fossor
  • Chopard. 1968. In Beier [Ed.]. Orthopterorum Catalogus 12:450 >> Note: synonym >> Gryllotalpa africana
  • Townsend, B.C. 1983. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Ent. 46(2):182   >> Note: synonym >> Gryllotalpa africana
  • Otte, D. 1994. Orthoptera Species File 1:98 >> Gryllotalpa africana microphtalma
  • Silva, D.S.M., M.R. Pereira & Sperber. 2017. Zootaxa 4318(3):500 >> Note: synonym, male lectotype and female paralectotype >> Gryllotalpa africana africana
• Type specimen information:
  • Type locality: Africa, Southern Africa, Cape Province
  • Kind of type:  lectotype
  • Specimen category:  male
  • Location of type:  ANSP Philadelphia

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